The Carson City Kid and partner Laramie are outlaws. When his partner is caught the Kid, his identity being unknown, takes a job in Jessup's saloon. Here he see Jessup cheat Waren out of his money. Warren then robs Jessup posing as the Kid but gets caught. To gain his freedom, Laramie identifies Warren as the Kid. Realizing Jessup is the man that killed his brother, the Kid must find a way to clear Warren and get Jessup.
Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control.
是美国剧作家尤金·奥尼尔晚期最伟大的三部作品之一，描述了一群醉酒的游民。 他们整日纵酒迷梦、彼此安慰，以此逃避冰凉而令人绝望的现实世界，并赋予生活以意义。
After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. When Jerry the bartender suddenly finds himself playing basketball for the Golden State Warriors, Rory and the rest of the bar regulars hope his success will provide a lift to their sagging spirits. Will Jerry forget his friends? What about his junkie hooker girlfriend and her pimp?
亨利（米基·洛克 Mickey Rourke 饰）是一位名不见经传的小小作家，久久无法成名的苦闷让他将晚上的时光全部都花费在了酒吧中。陪酒女旺达（费·唐纳薇 Faye Dunaway 饰）是亨利的心头好，她的美貌和热情深深的吸引着后者，尽管亨利明知道旺达和酒保艾迪（弗兰克·史泰龙 Frank Stallone 饰）艾迪之间有着非常暧昧的关系，但他还是无法放弃自己对于旺达的感情。
一次偶然中，亨利邂逅了名为塔利（艾丽丝·克里奇 Alice Krige 饰）的艺术投资人，塔利一眼就相中的了亨利的才华。亨利将塔利当做自己出人头地的踏板，但随着时间的推移，亨利发现自己根本就无法融入塔利所身处的阶层。
汤米失去了工作、爱情和生活。他住在 "树木酒廊"（Trees Lounge）楼上的一间小公寓里。他找了一份开冰淇淋车的工作，结果和前女友 17 岁的侄女发生了关系。这让他和她的父亲陷入了严重的麻烦之中。
Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this visit he has decided to try to save the bar's patrons from their "lying pipe dreams."
纪录地下诗人查尔斯·布考斯基(Charles Bukowski)的生平。