Three movies are being shot simultaneously and Charlie is an overworked scene shifter. The foreman is waited on hand and foot until all the shifters but Charlie go on strike. A girl looking for work pretends to be a man and helps Charlie. Charlie discovers her gender and falls in love with her. The foreman thinks they are homosexual and in the ensuing fight they become involved......

小镇沉闷的空气令受过高等教育的Charlie（Teresa Wright）十分压抑，她渴望在外谋大事、自己喜爱和崇敬的Uncle Charlie（Joseph Cotten）能突然出现，为自己的生活注入一缕新风。Charlie欲发电报邀请舅舅来做客时，竟先收到他发来的要来的报文，惊喜之外，她对舅舅的爱又加深一层。 Uncle Charlie的到来令Charlie及父母非常兴奋，但酷爱读书的妹妹无动于衷。不久Charlie如沐春风变作无忧无虑的少女。两个自称报社记者的陌生人有心将Charlie一家当作典型美国家庭采访，Uncle Charlie为此事大发雷霆相当失态，令Charlie和母亲大为不解。而同其中之一Herbie Hawkins（Hume Cronyn）交谈中，Charlie震惊地听闻有关舅舅的骇人秘密。</p>...

Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise....

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house, but Edna, the house's owner, catches them and calls the police. Charlie, however, manages to charm his way out of trouble .... at least for the moment....

A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale....

Charlie and a rival vie for the favors of their landlady. In the park they each fall different girls, though Charlie's has a male friend already. Charlie considers suicide, is talked out of it by a policeman, and later throws his girl's friend into the lake. Frightened, the girls go off to a movie. Charlie shows up there and flirts with them. Later both rivals substitute themse......

Out of costume, Charlie is a clean-shaven dandy who, somewhat drunk, visits a dance hall. There the wardrobe girl has three rival admirers: the band leader, one of the musicians, and now Charlie....

In upstate New York, two teenage boys are tasked with cleaning out their father's old mobile home on an abandoned property, but the boys are in for a surprise when they discover three crooks on the run have taken refuge in the trailer....

Charlie Rogers是个桀骜不驯的酒吧驻唱歌手，因为出手教训出言不逊的客人被老板开除，骑着摩托车开始了流浪歌手的生涯。路上，他偶遇了雷厉风行的嘉年华老板Maggie和她的两个雇员——少女Cathy和她暴脾气的老爸Joe。Charlie对Cathy一见钟情，但Joe却不满他轻佻的态度，和Charlie冲突不断。Charlie在嘉年华谋了份差事，而因为他出色的表演，嘉年华一时间成为当地热门，游客络绎不绝。而和嘉年华员工相处的过程中，Charlie也从毛头小子走向成熟。有一次，两个故意刁难Cathy的客人丢了钱包，栽赃是Joe偷拿的，Joe含冤入狱。当天晚上，Charlie捡到了那个钱包，却因为没及时归还又被Cathy误会。Charlie只好选择离开嘉年华，投奔了他们的竞争对手。眼看着Maggie的嘉年华即将倒闭，Charlie该如何抉择？...

一对通过实验获得超能力的夫妻生下一个能遭纵火焰的女儿，Charlie（赖恩·基拉·阿姆斯特朗 饰演），从此便开始逃避联邦秘密特工的追查，他们想让Charlie的超能力为己所用。Charlie要逐渐学会控制自己的能力，也要依赖它保护自己与家庭……...