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德克萨斯州，内战结束后不久。亨利·穆恩是一名逃犯，正在逃避法律制裁。他在试图逃往墨西哥时被捕，并被带回镇上绞死。该镇有一项特别法律，如果镇上的一位单身女性愿意与被判死刑的男子结婚，他就可以获得自由。亨利很幸运——在最后一刻朱莉娅·泰特向他求婚，很快他们就结婚了。然而，亨利很快发现朱莉娅的动机纯粹是商业目的 - 她需要有人在她的土地上开采矿井。这导致婚姻非常冷淡。

Country orphan Lily goes to Berlin to stay with her tippling aunt, and soon meets Richard, handsome sculptor across the street. Persuaded half-reluctantly to pose for Richard, her physical charms (shown as fully as 1933 mores permitted) soon melt awa...

Harry Dean has a plan to pull off a major robbery and needs Nicole as a gambit and windowdressing. He outlines his ideas about his perfect crime in a dream sequence and then meets Nicole, and nothing goes quite right again.