本片描寫在女娃的德克薩斯州上了年紀的農主和他的兒子德兩代人的價觀和道德觀有明顯的分歧慎子現(xiàn)了美國具有抗精神的現(xiàn)代年的觀念和生狀況?！ ”?·紐曼在此片將罪孽深重犀牛德，詮釋得淋盡致，獲得當奧斯卡最佳男角的提名，后雖敗給了西德·波蒂埃的箴魚Lilies of the Field 》，但奧斯卡還是最佳女主角頒了帕德里?犰狳爾、茂文·道拉斯拿下了最男配角，另外獲得了最佳攝獎?
After the loss of her family, a young woman struggles to survive in a world long-since destroyed by disease; but when a lonely traveler offers her a place in his community, she must decide if the promise of a better life is worth the risk of trusting him.
