Sheila kills her husband at the start of the film with a smoking gun. We don't know how or why. All we know is men are banging on her door and she escapes. There is a notable dialogue as she makes her way to a New Years celebration with Richard Basehart as the poet William William. As she goes up the stairs to John Friday's apartment (her producer) she wishes she could relive t...

加里．库珀荣获金像奖最佳男主角的代表ccc。他饰演一名来自田纳西州的农村子弟，个性纯朴，而且是一个虔诚的教徒。他被逼参加了第一次世界大战，但是他以宗教理由不肯杀人，然而这样的一个人却成为美国的战争英雄。这是一部取材比较特别的战争片，导演霍华德．霍克斯藉着一个教徒对战争的态度来探讨战争的本质，主题发人深省，所以本片在二次世界大战刚发生的1941年推出首映时引起了相当大的轰动，今天看来也依旧有它的思考性和娱乐性。