李佩英（尤敏 饰）从小就和父亲李伯铭（王引 饰）过着相依为命的生活，一天，李佩英的姨母曾太太（蓝天虹 饰）突然从意大利回国，她莫名其妙的对李佩英父女两人大献殷情，还送了一台非常昂贵的钢琴给李佩英，让李佩英百思不得其解的是，父亲对于曾太太的态度非常的冷淡。 　　原来，曾太太其实正是李佩英的亲生母亲，早年间，在生下了女儿之后，曾太太决定和自己的情人私奔，丢下了嗷嗷待哺的女儿不管不顾，如今，曾太太良心发现，想要将李佩英从李伯铭的身边夺走。在李佩英生日当天，家中举行了盛大的误会，可就在这个节骨眼上，李伯铭遭遇了车祸，脚部受伤，生活无法自理。

李佩英自小与作家父亲李伯铭相依为命，英姨母曾太太却突从意大利来访，铭对曾异常冷淡。曾送英大批礼物，更送钢琴，铭退回，往酒店找曾理论。英无意中听见曾原来是英生母，早年背夫偷汉，诞下英后不顾而去，今生活无忧，欲接英回家团聚。在铭离去后，英进房指责曾可耻，抛弃她两父女，曾痛哭。铭求英原谅曾，表示大家都痛苦。英生日当天，在家举行生日舞会；铭却迟迟不归。原来铭遇上交通意外，更断了一只脚，英精神很差，曾回想自。

麦克纳马拉（詹姆斯·贾克内 James Cagney 饰）是可口可乐公司西德分部的总经理，长久以来，他默默地为公司辛勤工作，业绩屡创新高，是上司眼中的红人，亦是最有希望获得晋升的职员。某日，上司致电麦克纳马拉，告知他自己的女儿斯嘉丽（帕梅拉·蒂芬 Pamela Tiffin 饰）即将前往西德游玩，希望麦克纳马拉能够成为她的监护人。 　　然而，让麦克纳马拉没有想到的是，斯嘉丽尽管年纪轻轻，个性却极其热情奔放，来西德没多久，便同一位名叫奥托（豪斯特·巴奇霍兹 Horst Buchholz 饰）的男子坠入了爱河，他们不仅结了婚，斯嘉丽的腹中甚至还有了奥托的骨肉，更糟糕的是，奥托来自于东德，是一位根正苗红的社会主义者，鄙视资本主义的一切。就在这个节骨眼上，麦克纳马拉得知上司很快就要前往西德接他的女儿。

麦克纳马拉是可口可乐公司西德分部的总经理，长久以来，他默默地为公司辛勤工作，业绩屡创新高，是上司眼中的红人，亦是最有希望获得晋升的职员。某日，上司致电麦克纳马拉，告知他自己的女儿斯嘉丽即将前往西德游玩，希望麦克纳马拉能够成为她的监护人。 然而，让麦克纳马拉没有想到的是，斯嘉丽尽管年纪轻轻，个性却极其热情奔放，来西德没多久，便同一位名叫奥托的男子坠入了爱河，他们不仅结了婚，斯嘉丽的腹中甚至还有了奥托的骨肉，更糟糕的是，奥托来自于东德，是一位根正苗红的社会主义者，鄙视资本主义的一切。就在这个节骨眼上，麦克纳马拉得知上司很快就要前往西德接他的女儿。

Tammy becomes a nurse's aide, works in a hospital, cares for an old rich woman, and causes romantic commotion in the life of Dr. Mark Cheswick.

English dancehall actress Julia Packett hasn't seen her daughter since Susan was a few months old, having given her up to be raised by her respectable and wealthy father William (whom Julia never divorced.) When she gets an invitation to her daughter's wedding, she "borrows" some money from a male friend and heads off to the south of France for the nuptuals. While there she manages to establish a mother-daughter relationship, get another man to provide her with a lot of money, provoke her mother-in-law's ire, string along a potential husband and his mother, and rekindle the spark in William, all within a day or two.

English dancehall actress Julia Packett hasn't seen her daughter since Susan was a few months old, having given her up to be raised by her respectable and wealthy father William (whom Julia never divorced.) When she gets an invitation to her daughter's wedding, she "borrows" some money from a male friend and heads off to the south of France for the nuptuals. While there she manages to establish a mother-daughter relationship, get another man to provide her with a lot of money, provoke her mother-in-law's ire, string along a potential husband and his mother, and rekindle the spark in William, all within a day or two.