位于美国北卡罗莱纳州温斯顿沙兰市（Winston Salem）的RJR纳贝斯克饼干公司股 东们，虽然受到全球瞩目，金钱不断涌入，光是在２月底的邮件中，就收到总数达２０ 亿美圆的支票，但很少有股东对公司的高级执行总裁罗斯.强生（Ross Johnson）心存 感激。现在，温斯顿沙兰市也变成前所未有的百万富翁市。所有与RJR公司有关的华尔街 大亨都想从中分到一点好处，于是罗斯找来财务专家亨利和彼得来为他效力。接下来上演的便是一出充满贪婪、背叛、尔虞我诈和高风险赌注的华尔街风云。 根据布莱恩.巴勒和约翰.海勒撰写的《Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco》中文译名：《门口的野蛮人：RJR纳贝斯克的陨落》改编。 该书描写了1988年美国第二大烟草公司RJR融资收购饼干生产商Nabisco的交易。即使如今看来，这笔总额达250亿美元的收购也十分惊人，不禁让人对有关人物的行动产生 疑虑。当时，这也是华尔街历史上最大的收购资金。而1989年美国Kohlberg KravisRoberts 公司又以314亿美元的价格刷新了此纪录，其收购对象就是RJR Nabisco公司。 读过此书，你会惊奇地发现网络和个人对世界商业和经济的操纵力有多大。它向我 们揭示了CEO被给予的巨大权利和机会，从中你会懂得谁才是真正的"玩家"。 该书被《福布斯》杂志评选为20年来美国最具影响力的20本商业书籍之一。也被选择摘编到里奥·高夫的投资经典著作《一次读完25本投资经典》中。
洛拉（琳达·达内尔 Linda Darnell 饰）同老板波特（保罗·道格拉斯 Paul Douglas 饰）结了婚，婚后，洛拉才发现波特对自己的海誓山盟全是谎言，他不过将自己当做了摇钱树。瑞塔（Ann Sothern饰）则要强悍的多，凭借着剧本写作收入不菲，甚至快要赶上了丈夫乔治（柯克·道格拉斯 Kirk Douglas 饰）。洛拉（琳达·达内尔 Linda Darnell 饰）拥有过人的美貌，却依然生活在怀疑和困惑之中。 某日，三位太太带着孩子们正在野餐，一封未写收件人的信不期而至，写信的是名叫艾迪（西莱斯特·霍姆 Celeste Holm 饰）的女人，信上说她即将和三位太太其中一位的丈夫远走高飞，而三个女人却并不知道究竟是谁被背叛了。
Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war. Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsy's father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose. The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves, but adapt after a few weeks. At one point, they sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly-colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away. Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the black natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved.
