19世纪的英国,阶级隔阂还十分分明。这天,英国上层出身的露西(海伦娜•邦汉•卡特 Helena Bonham Carter 饰)和表姐夏洛特一起佛罗伦撒度假,不巧,露西住的酒店的房间看不到风景。同时来住店的英国父子两乔治(朱利安•桑兹 Julian Sands 饰)和他父亲见状,热心的父亲要和露西换一间房,因为他的房里能看到风景。露西开始不同意,在好心的店主的劝说下最终她同意了。 乔治和露西很快堕入了爱河,然而下等阶层出身的乔治身上有着很多露西看不惯的“陋习”,夏洛特也不甚喜欢乔治,双方在交往中闹了不少“笑话”。一次,乔治“越轨”吻了露西一下,露西认为乔治太过“不合礼仪”,于是独自回了英国。 乔治很快也回了国,然而,这时露西已经订了婚……
When phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live of anonymity.
Aston (Robert Shaw), a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies (Donald Pleasence), an old derelict who has been fired from a menial job in a café. In time Aston offers him a job as caretaker of the house. Aston's brother, Mick (Alan Bates) - a taunting, quasi-sadist - harasses the derelict when his brother is away, countermanding his orders. Eventually Aston, himself irritated by the cantankerous old man, puts him out.