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....。上海姑娘丽鹃嫁给了一个大学毕业后留在上海工作的东北小伙子亚平。亚平在丈母娘家的帮助下,在上海买了房子成了家。亚平在父母来上海前是个上海标准的普通丈夫,对老婆嘘寒问暖,端茶倒水,小夫妻亲密无间,恩爱无比。但婆婆到来后,温馨的小家生活开始发生质变。婆婆传统思想严重,希望以自己的生活方式去影响改造上海媳妇,这些思想与丽鹃现代的生活方式完全冲突,婆媳之间的矛盾与日俱增,摩擦不断升级,俩人变得水火不融。在亚平的父亲因病住院后,婆媳之间因为利益之争而彻底决裂,俩人变得水火不融。即使在丽鹃为亚平生下儿子之后,婆媳关系仍然没有得到缓解。小家伙的一句“妈妈坏”将家庭推到悬崖边缘。丽鹃因怒失言,将亚平母子逼上无家可归的境地,亚平在其妈妈的鼓动怂恿下,丧失了理智,疯狂地将拳头砸向了丽鹃。。