簡介：Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre's wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne's husband holds no excitement for her, and he is always away in Paris on business. Pierre is now the vice-mayor, thanks to Paul. Lucienne and Pierre have a secret meeting spot by a lake along a country lane. Pierre's wife dies suddenly, by suicide the town gossips believe. Pierre confesses otherwise to Lucienne. Paul proposes a shady land deal which will benefit the town, and wants Pierre's political support and collusion. Then Paul discovers proof of his wife's affair...
簡介：貨車司機雅克（讓·迦本 Jean Gabin 飾）出生在一個有著酗酒歷史的家族之中，他一直十分的自卑，覺得自己繼承了家族劣質(zhì)的基因。某日，在火車上發(fā)生了一起謀殺案，雅克是唯一的目擊者，他在現(xiàn)場看到了同事的妻子薩維麗娜（西蒙妮·西蒙 Simone Simon 飾），但是出于私心，雅克并沒有將這件事情告訴警察。 這件事情讓雅克和薩維麗娜一家人成為了好朋友，隨著交往的深入，雅克漸漸愛上了薩維麗娜。為了能夠和心愛的女人在一起，雅克慫恿薩維麗娜殺死她的丈夫，然而在最后時刻，薩維麗娜收手了。薩維麗娜的丈夫雖然震驚于妻子的所作所為，卻依然無法擺脫對她的感情。