簡介：Natty Gann (played by Meredith Salenger) is a twelve year old Depression era girl whose single-parent father leaves her behind in Chicago while he goes to Washington State to look for work in the timber industry. Natty runs away from the guardian she was left with to follow Dad. She befriends and is befriended by a wolf that has been abused in dog fights, hops a freight train west, and is presumed dead when her wallet is found after the train crashes. Dad gets bitter and endangers himself in his new job. Meanwhile Natty has a series of adventures and mis- adventures in various farmhouses, police stations, hobo camps, reform schools, and boxcars.

簡介：Cosmo Vitelli是一個簡潔的人，曾在朝鮮戰(zhàn)爭中擔任獸醫(yī)，他也是一個賭徒。他在加州有家脫衣舞點，叫做Crazy Horse West。　　當我們遇上他的時候，他正在償還最后一筆賭債。過后不久Vitelli又很快在一個非法的紙牌游戲中損失了$23,000，這次他的債務人不再友好，逼迫他馬上償清債務或是殺死一個唐人經紀以抵債。影片最后，以Cosmo Vitelli一個人站在夜總會門外寂寞的街頭，開始用手撫摩因受傷流著血的腹部作為影片的結束。

簡介：蕭條的城市里，幫派分子隨處可見，擔任黑手黨會計的杰克因為私吞黑手黨財產并向警方告密，而遭到黑手黨監(jiān)視，他一家人被困在公寓中隨時會遭遇不測。杰克和妻子將小兒子菲爾托付給單身女鄰居葛洛莉（吉娜·羅蘭茲 Gena Rowlands 飾），然而他們自己卻沒能躲過黑手黨……欲追回錢款的黑手黨繼續(xù)追索菲爾，但此時，身份并不簡單的葛洛莉挺身而出，決定保護這個陌生的男孩。二人在黑手黨的包圍中僥幸逃走，聲稱厭惡孩子的葛洛莉與英語不甚流利的混血男孩在步步驚心的旅途中營造了互信與默契，但葛洛莉清楚，真正的把菲爾從黑手黨手中解救出來需要她做出一個驚險的決定……