这部改编自舞台剧的影片描述对舞台表演有高度热忱却生不逢时的玫瑰，把她一生的梦想寄托在小女儿琼身上，从小带着她到处登台，想栽培她成为大明星，但厌倦母亲管束的琼却和男友私奔了。玫瑰转而将希望寄托在大女儿露易丝身上，但为现实所逼，露易丝却沦为红牌脱衣舞女。

自从秀兰·邓波儿在婴孩时被一月船长从船难中救出后，她就一直和一月船长住在一起，她的歌声和舞蹈赢得了大家的喜爱，但他们的幸福生活被打破了，镇上的新官员企图把她夺走扔进慈善机构……

哥特式风格故事，背景设定在1880的伦敦，男爵在挖坟埋在父亲之时偶然的找回了遗留在他父亲口袋的中奖彩票，随后他脸上露出了诡异的笑容。影片的广告噱，”Punishment Poll（惩罚投票）“，当影片情节进行到高潮部分时， 导演Castle突然出现在荧幕上给观众解释如何行使自己的投票权。每一位观众手里拿到了一张印有拇指的卡片，他们可以任一做出上或下的方向以决定Mr. Sardonicus在影片结尾是复活还是死亡？据不完全统计，基本上没有一位观众不是希望电影中反叛得到应有的报应。

1920s. Vietnam under colonial French ruling. Anti-French rebellions emerge all over the country to disrupt the foreign occupiers. In respond, the colonialist employed units of Vietnamese agents to track and destroy these rebels. The film follows the journey of LE VAN CUONG, a French cultured undercover elite. Although branded with a perfect track record, Cuong's inner conscience is troubled by the sea of Vietnamese blood he had spilled to uphold a French washed ideal. Following an assassination of a high ranking French, Cuong is assigned to seek and kill the notorious leader of the resistance. Cuong encounters VO THANH THUY, a relentless revolutionary fighter and the daughter of the rebel leader. Cuong's superior intends for him to use Thuy as a mean to get to her father but Cuong soon has feelings for her. Thuy's patriotism ignites conflicts between Cuong's consciousness and his cultured faith. Will Cuong discover his inner-self and find love or will he continue his mission? The journey unfolds...

一个满怀理想的幼稚青年接替患病的老议员，到华盛顿开始其政治生涯。但迎接他的是一架摧毁一切的政治机器，他发现周围全是腐败的政客，为了私利或者小集团利益而不择手段。他坚守信念，抨击同僚的不良行径，试图改变美国参议院中腐化枉法的风气，遭到各方的压力。