罗伯特（威廉·霍尔登WilliamHolden饰）是一位名不见经传的小画家，为了寻求绘画灵感，他远渡重洋，来到了充满异域风情的香港，希望能够在那里潜心作画，施展自己在艺术上的抱负。一次偶然中，罗伯特遇见了名为苏丝（关南施NancyKwan饰）的女子，后者的美丽和神秘一下子就吸引了罗伯特的注意，没过多久，罗伯特就陷入了疯狂的爱恋中无法自拔。让罗伯特没有想到的是，苏丝的真实身份竟然是在酒店拉客的交际花，然而，他并没有因此而厌恶苏丝，反而更为她坎坷的身世和复杂的内心世界所倾倒。与此同时，银行家的女儿凯（西尔维亚·萨姆丝SylviaSyms饰）亦对罗伯特芳心暗许，面对如此情形，罗伯特会做出怎样的选择呢？

对婚姻怀有恐惧感的漫画家杰克．李蒙，在一场单身狂欢舞会中因为酒醉而糊里糊涂地娶了从蛋糕中跳出来娱乐宾客的金发美女维尔娜．丽丝。当他清醒过来之后，便想尽办法要摆脱这个妻子时，维尔娜．丽丝真的不见了，所有人都认为他就是凶手。

When William Gridley arrives from the US in London, he rents part of Carly Hardwicke's house from her and promptly begins to fall in love. Gridley doesn't know that many people think she killed her husband but his boss, the American ambassador, knows and doesn't take this lapse of judgement lightly. Since Carly is also American, Gridley saves his job by introducing her to the ambassador, who is promptly smitten and promises to help her. So when a Scotland Yard detective arrives, wanting to get to the truth one way or another, they say they'll help him. And then the comedic complications really begin.