约翰·利特尔

玛丽(贝蒂·戴维斯)在匪徒约翰尼的俱乐部帮忙经营生意，而她的一个“客户”被杀害，警察大卫(亨弗莱·鲍嘉)希望玛丽帮助警方破案，但她并没有合作，最后约翰尼被无罪释放。当玛丽的妹妹贝蒂被约翰尼手下的一个暴徒杀害后，她决定说出真相......

Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples --- he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin need a lot more than luck when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only they can help Annie's daughter Louise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America with a Count and his son. The count's son wants to marry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York society. It's up to Dave and Queenie and their Runyonesque cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York's elite.

贝蒂·戴维丝官司败诉重回华纳，却争取到一定范围内选角权利。此时华纳将制片重责交给新作风的赫尔·华和斯，开始“高成本、精制作”的路线。贝蒂在此情况下感到如鱼得水，很快演出了另一部再度获得金像奖最佳女主角奖的代表作《红衫泪痕》：以南北战争时期美国南方为背景，描述一名个性倔强的美女在任性地失去她的男友之后，再想尽办法将已经找为有妇之夫的他抢回来。此片在划时代的《乱世佳人》出现之前年面世受到好评。贝蒂跟导演威廉·怀勒连续合作了三部影片，确立了贝蒂的超级女星地位。事实上1937年起，贝薷连续十年赢得“票房皇后”的美誉，被推为“美国国影坛第一夫人”，这种殊荣在影坛上相当罕见。假如对贝蒂的银幕形象细心观察，可发现她鲜少扮演善待其它女人的角色，通常是跟别人怨对、抗争，甚至发生激烈的争执，充份显示出“同性相斥”的强烈排挤色彩。同时，贝蒂的角色也证明了女人一样可以强悍无...

Russell gives a moving performance as sister Elizabeth Kenny, the dedicated nurse who crusaded for the treatment of infantile paralysis. Academy Award Nominations Best Actress--Rosalind Russell.

影片描写三十年代的纽约，一个风尘女子安妮为了使女儿安心在外国学习，假装自己很富有。但最后还是露出马脚，不过她爱女心切的举动感动了市长和上流社会的人物，都为她保守秘密，让她的女儿欢乐地举行了婚礼。影片的最大特点是全体演员表演出色，根据剧情需要，把角色演活了，让观众感到演员不是在舞台上作戏，而是观众生活中的一分子。