这是一部充满隐喻与反讽的电影，讲述了生活在好莱坞的动作巨星查理•卡斯特遭遇一系列困境，婚姻与事业面临两难。他唯有直面这一切磨难，逆来顺受，终以赤诚挽回离开的爱人的心，事业虽然停滞却也能维持现状。但与此同时他的信仰却遭遇一次前所未有的危机，他再也不愿意背叛自己的内心而是选择了抗争，斗争的结果是崩溃的未来，于是他选择了死亡来保护所爱与信念……Charles Castle is a successful Hollywood actor who has opted for screen success over art. He must make critical decisions regarding his career, his marriage, his art & morality. In this screen adaptation of a Clifford Odets play, Castle is pressured by his studio boss and manipulated into a potentially murderous cover-up to protect his career. An indictment of the amoral world of 50's Hollywood and its corrosive effect upon the artist.