珍接受了照顾盲人西诺比娅的看护工作。可是慢慢地，珍意识到，西诺比娅正在慢慢地取走她的血...

Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) is a take-charge captain of industry who has worked his way up in a San Francisco steel company from a position as a sheet metal worker. He loves his wife Irene (Helen Walker) very much and they have planned a vacation drive together. Irene cancels at the last minute claiming a toothache, but asks that Walter drive her cousin Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett) as far as Illinois. Walter agrees and he and Jim take off together but later Jim knocks Walter unconscious and takes the car only to be hit himself by a truck and killed, his body burned beyond recognition. Walter comes to and suffering a concussion and deep confusion from feeling betrayed by Irene hides out in a small Midwest town until guilt and peer pressure force him to go back to San Francisco and tell his story to the Police. But by the time Walter returns to San Francisco a clever detective Lieutenant Quincy (Charles Coburn) has uncovered some facts about Irene and her cousin' Jim. The police have been holding Irene for the murder of her husband Walter but release her considering that Walter was hiding out because he had killed Jim. Along the way to uncovering the truth in Court Walter realizes some hard fact about what he holds valuable and the trust he has put in those around him.

“弗朗西斯”这个称号并不是指女性或男性。这是一头会说话的骡子。他和他的朋友彼得·斯特林是这些频繁发生的军事错误的受害者之一。由于笔误，弗朗西斯和彼得（男性）被送往女性单位。　　彼得·斯特林（和他的老朋友会说话的骡子）被召回现役……在 WAC 中！计算机错误错误地将下级军官彼得·斯特林分配到女子军团。彼得的老朋友弗朗西斯帮助他解决各种军事和个人问题，包括在基地精神病房的几次熟悉的停留。这部电影值得注意的是，奇尔·威尔斯在银幕上饰演本·凯将军，并与弗朗西斯互动，弗朗西斯为了让彼得摆脱困境而与他交谈。抵达蔡斯堡后，被召回现役的前士兵彼得·斯特林与他的老朋友“会说话的骡子”弗朗西斯重聚。渐渐地，彼得意识到，一个笔误把他分配到了一个全是女性的 WAC 基地，那里经常发生粗暴的闹剧，而弗朗西斯比任何人类军官都更有马术意识。彼得太天真了，无法欣赏自己困境中令人愉快的一面，最终他在一场性别战争游戏中帮助了“敌人”。