A badly injured leg forces hunky fireman Jeff, who lost his father in a fire as a young boy, to rent a ground floor room during his recovery. Thus he moves in with divorcée Jenny, a 911 emergency call center operator, and her fatherless young children, Luke and Elsie, who soon dote on him as an ideal substitute father and try matching him with their mother. She recognizes his g...。约翰•舒勒(Edward José 饰)是华尔街一名年轻干练、事业有成的律师,某日他要作为特别代理人前往英国一段时间,因此不得不离开心爱的妻子(Mabel Frenyear 饰)和女儿(Runa Hodges 饰)。漫漫的旅途百无聊赖,约翰在船上邂逅了一个美丽妖艳的女人 (Theda Bara蒂达•巴拉饰),他迅速与之坠入情网,将妻子女儿抛在了脑后…… 本片为弗兰克•鲍威尔根据吉卜林的长诗《勾魂妖妇》改编,拍摄之初,蒂达•巴拉名为奥多西亚•古德曼,她的妖艳表演使其迅速成为性感明星。为突出其神秘感,制片厂将“阿拉伯死神”(ARAB DEATH)的拼写颠倒排列成她的新名字蒂达•巴拉(Theda Bara)。。一个黑人电视导演和他的妻子,莫名其妙地因为莫须有的违章驾驶受到了白人警察的侮辱;看似该受到谴责的警察却在最危急关头挽救了那名曾遭他侮辱的黑人妇女;老实巴交的波斯商店店主,却差点谋杀了有着刺青的墨西哥修锁匠;地区检察官和他的妻子被抢吉普车后只能把怨气发泄到无辜的修锁匠身上;黑人警察在承受着上司的威胁和焦急地寻找自己的弟弟。
这一切看似无关的琐事,却在36小时内以一种出人意料的方式绞缠在一起,在这个以暴力,性,金钱闻名的多民族、多文化聚集的大城市—洛杉矶街头一幕幕上演……。