A group of strangers are forced to take shelter in an outback roadhouse while a flood rages around them. But the danger lurking within the four walls is far greater than the threat...
過氣演員諾瑪(葛洛麗亞·斯旺森 Gloria Swanson 飾)已經將近50歲,曾經的風華絕代正在她居住的荒廢豪宅裡慢慢凋謝,身邊只有好友馬克思(埃裡克·施特羅海姆Erich von Stroheim)伺奉。她沒放棄重燃光輝的夢想,《莎樂美》的劇本正待編寫,而逃避債務逃至此地的沒落編劇喬(威廉·霍爾登 William Holden飾),正是這項事業的最佳候...