苏蓉在丈夫背叛后全心培养儿子杜子建,但母爱反成其子束缚。杜子建长大后埋怨母亲无能。母子重生后,高中时期的杜子建为摆脱母亲,认富有的后妈为母并断绝母子关系,却陷入后妈阴谋。苏蓉心灰意冷后,决定为自己而活。。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....。