1930年代，为了调查铁路员工的出勤状况，举发铁路员工中的不良分子，欧文（罗伯特·雷德福饰）悄悄来到了密西西比小镇上，他和房东的女儿艾娃（娜塔丽·伍德饰）坠入情网；被解雇的铁路员工愤恨难消地围殴他，这使他们两人决定到新奥尔良重新生活；谁知女方的母亲从中作梗，迫使他们分离；女孩对人生感到疲惫不堪，竟沦落风尘。

1930年代，为了调查铁路员工的出勤状况，举发铁路员工中的不良分子，欧文（罗伯特·雷德福饰）悄悄来到了密西西比小镇上，他和房东的女儿艾娃（娜塔丽·伍德饰）坠入情网；被解雇的铁路员工愤恨难消地围殴他，这使他们两人决定到新奥尔良重新生活；谁知女方的母亲从中作梗，迫使他们分离；女孩对人生感到疲惫不堪，竟沦落风尘。

Filmmaker Hugo Haas unfolds his usual cautionary "old man-young woman" story in One Girl's Confession. Perennial Haas leading lady Cleo Moore stars as Mary Adams, whose first step on the road to ruin is a $25,000 robbery. Mary hides the money, then confesses to the crime, secure in the belief that she can dig up the loot upon her release from prison. A few years later, Mary is placed on probation, whereupon she takes a waitressing job at the seaside eatery run by Dragomie Damitrof (Haas). A chronic gambler, Damitrof is on the verge of losing his café when Mary offers to loan him money. When Damitrof begins spending cash like a sailor, Mary is convinced that he's located her hidden loot, whereupon she hits him on the noggin and leaves him for dead. Deciding that the money is too much trouble, Mary donates the rest of the loot to an orphanage and confesses to Damitrof's murder. But that's not the end of the story .... (allmovie.com)

Filmmaker Hugo Haas unfolds his usual cautionary "old man-young woman" story in One Girl's Confession. Perennial Haas leading lady Cleo Moore stars as Mary Adams, whose first step on the road to ruin is a $25,000 robbery. Mary hides the money, then confesses to the crime, secure in the belief that she can dig up the loot upon her release from prison. A few years later, Mary is placed on probation, whereupon she takes a waitressing job at the seaside eatery run by Dragomie Damitrof (Haas). A chronic gambler, Damitrof is on the verge of losing his café when Mary offers to loan him money. When Damitrof begins spending cash like a sailor, Mary is convinced that he's located her hidden loot, whereupon she hits him on the noggin and leaves him for dead. Deciding that the money is too much trouble, Mary donates the rest of the loot to an orphanage and confesses to Damitrof's murder. But that's not the end of the story .... (allmovie.com)

Henry Thomas tries to overcome the horrors of his childhood and start a new life with his wife and kid. However, his abusive step-mother and his dependence on alcohol threaten to ruin his future.

Rian Mitchell discovers an emerald deposit in South America, but gets chased away before he can start to mine. He tricks his partner, Vic, into returning to the site. While there, he meets Catherine and Donald Knowland, siblings who run a coffee plantation. Rian falls for Catherine and is torn between his love for her and his love for the "green fire" of emeralds.

Rian Mitchell discovers an emerald deposit in South America, but gets chased away before he can start to mine. He tricks his partner, Vic, into returning to the site. While there, he meets Catherine and Donald Knowland, siblings who run a coffee plantation. Rian falls for Catherine and is torn between his love for her and his love for the "green fire" of emeralds.

吏部尚书李廷甫（钱妙花 饰）五十寿辰之际，四方宾朋齐来贺寿。席间好友之子王玉林（陈少春 饰）仪表不俗、才华横溢，李尚书爱之切切，遂将爱女李秀英（金采凤 饰）玉林，不日成亲。好一对郎才女貌的天仙绝配，羡煞旁人，却独独气坏一个，这便是秀英的表兄顾文友（魏凤娟 饰）。顾贪恋表妹容貌而不可得，于是在媒婆的诡计安排下，于新婚之夜撇下藏有碧玉簪的情书一封，企图拆散王李两家的联姻。玉林偶见书信，阅毕断定秀英是一败德之女。自此之后，他拒绝与秀英合房，还千方百计设法休妻。 　　可怜秀英这饱读诗书的大家闺秀，蒙受天大的不白之冤……

明朝吏部尚书 李廷甫 将女儿秀英许配翰林王裕之子玉林。秀英的表兄顾文友因求婚不成，便买通孙媒婆向秀英借得玉簪一支，连同伪造的情书，在秀英成婚之日，暗置于新房之中，玉林果然中计，疑秀英不贞，备加冷落和凌辱。廷甫闻女被虐，赶往王府责问，玉林方出示情书、玉簪，遂使真相大白。然秀英已被折磨成疾。

年轻漂亮的模特珍妮佛兰斯伯里和她的朋友玛丽莲里奇高飞住进以前有女房客被残忍杀害的豪华高层公寓。珍妮佛被神秘杀手盯上。嫌疑人包括同性恋邻居，一个古怪的老妇人和她的儿子，患有严重的血液恐怖症的英俊的建筑师。