卢（加里·库柏 Gary Cooper 饰）出生在一个贫困的家庭之中，虽然他对于棒球这项运动有着狂热的爱好，但是母亲却希望他能够成为一名建筑师，因为在母亲的观念里，建筑师才能赚大钱。卢通过不懈的努力考进了哥伦比亚大学念书，同时也没有放弃自己的棒球梦想。在一次校级比赛中，卢的全垒打让他受到了球队经纪人的注意，与此同时，卢的母亲患上了绝症急需一笔医药费，为了拯救母亲，同时也为了自己的梦想，卢在20岁那一年签约成为了洋基队的职业球员。 头两年，卢在球队里的事业并不顺利，一直都是坐冷板凳的份，直到1925年，卢在赛场上的优秀表现渐渐吸引了球迷们的目光，两年之后，卢一跃成为了球队里最有价值的球员。

When FBI Agent Zack Stewart is killed, Agent John Ripley takes over the three cases he was working on, hoping one will lead to his killer. The first involves gangster Joe Walpo and Ripley finds his hideout through Joe's girl friend, Connie Anderson. Joe is killed but it is established he was 400 miles away when Stewart was murdered. The next involves a car-theft gang which Ripley breaks up by using one of the gang, Vince Angelino and his wife Julie. The last case involves Kate Martell, the victim of an extortionist who threatens to kidnap her child unless she pays him $10,000