20世纪初,Bill(理查·基尔 Richard Gere 饰)本来是工厂里的一名工人,因为打架他只能离开了工厂,带着女友Abby(布鲁克·亚当斯 Brooke Adams 饰)和妹妹Linda离开了芝加哥,在德克萨斯州的一个麦田上找到了一份收割麦子的工作。Bill和Abby伪装成兄妹。一位年轻的农民(山姆·夏普德 Sam Shepard 饰),也是农场的主人被Abby吸引,同时,他发现自己患了绝症。为了窃取农场主的财产,Bill让Abby嫁给了那农场主。不料在日复一日的相处中,Abby也对农场主产生了爱情。另一方面,Abby和Bill不寻常的来往也让农场主极为不快。于是Bill离开了麦田。过了一段时间,Bill又回来了,农场主终于忍无可忍,端着枪走向了Bill......本片获奥斯卡最佳摄影奖,并获最佳服装、最佳原声等提名。
在小镇上,一个年轻人游手好闲无所事事,于是他决定去纽约碰碰运气。影片讲述了1925年发生在美国西部牛仔的故事,风格搞笑幽默。A young man who doesn't find a job in his small hometown, tries his luck in New York, but is overwelmed by the life of the city, so decides to try his luck somewhere else after a only a few minutes in New York. He falls off a train near a ranch, where he tries his luck as a cowbowy, being in his own way very sucessful. But he shows what he can do when the farm has to bring a 100 head of cattle to the slaughterhouses of Los Angeles to avoid going bankrupt, against the will of his neighbour who wants a better price. After a shoot-out with the neighbour's men he's the only person on a Los Angeles bound train with 1000 cows....