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　　纽约百老汇，戏剧导演Oscar Jaffe（约翰·巴里摩尔 John Barrymore 饰）捧红了女演员Lily Garland（卡洛·朗白 Carole Lombard 饰），两人成为百老汇票房保证，同时也是一对情侣。合作三年后，Lily因为受不了Oscar对她私人生活的过度干预，偷偷跑去了好莱坞演电影。Oscar一怒之下起用了新的女演员，可惜票房很差，还在芝加哥欠下了债。在从芝加哥回纽约的二十世纪列车上，Oscar机缘巧合又和Lily在同一列火车上。Oscar试图挽回Lily，不管是爱情还是演戏，但Lily已经有了另外的恋人，也对重新和Oscar合作不感兴趣。这列火车上碰巧有一位脑子不大好使的大富翁，Oscar利用这个富翁给他开了张支票，试图以这张支票来让Lily签了演戏的合约。然而这位所谓“大富翁”原来不过是个精神病人，Oscar手中的支票毫无价值。心灰意冷的Oscar决定开枪自尽......

　　Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled "Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked." I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up.
　　This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more: the dialogue is laced with sharp wit there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!) and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine).
　　It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the "girl-nerd" who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes: really now, what's there to be embarrassed about?

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　　故事的主人公是四个做着美梦发大财的窝囊废。
　　这四个人包括两个留级学渣，哈尼和小胖，他俩想去念当地的大学但是打死也考不进去。学校的门卫潘迪先生告诉他们，他可以为他们洩露试题，但是每门科目要价五万卢比。
　　通过潘迪先生他们认识了扎法尔，他之前在这所学校读书，如今是个不得志的歌手。他女友妮图和他分手，父亲重病急需救命钱。
　　四个主人公中最后一位叫做拉里，他爹开着一家糖果店。拉里正在通过函授读书，和哈尼小胖一样，同样想去那所大学也同样考不进去。潘迪先生告诉拉里，给学校捐二十五万，就能有学上了。
　　考试迫在眉睫，父亲重病在床，就这样，四个为钱发愁的人聚到了一起。而他们筹集这笔资金的方式格外的无厘头mdashmdash做梦夜裡小胖会做个美梦，之后哈尼解梦得出一串彩票号码，屡买屡中从未失手以至于当地彩票贩子闻风丧胆。一份投入，十份回报。自信满满的他们，在潘迪先生的带领下找到了当地黑帮，布莉。
　　哈尼说服布莉投资，而拉里甚至拿出了自家店舖作为担保，而布莉要求他们第二天给她中奖号码。当天晚上，所有人都在热切期待小胖睡着，做梦。　　而他也不负众望地mdashmdash失眠了。　　于是美梦就此变成一场噩梦。