简介：贝克斯菲尔德（伯特·兰卡斯特 Burt Lancaster 饰）是林肯机场的总经理，繁忙的工作让他总是将家庭摆在人生的次要位置，导致备受冷落的妻子辛迪（达娜·温特 Dana Wynter 饰）最终选择了离开。就在贝克斯菲尔德的婚姻遭遇了破坏性的打击的同时，他的事业也发生了前所未有的危机，一架飞机抛锚在了跑道上，阻碍了其他飞机起飞，更糟的是，另一架飞机上，一名恐怖分子引爆了炸弹，导致飞机严重受损，必须使用跑到着陆，否则就会机毁人亡。在飞机专家帕特洛尼（乔治·肯尼迪 George Kennedy 饰）的帮助下，贝克斯菲尔德凭借着惊人的胆识和智慧最终顺利化解危机，不仅如此，他还和女助手开启了一段罗曼史。
简介：Myron Breckinridge is waiting for his sex-change operation while a stoned surgeon stumbles into the operating room. Before the drugged doctor begins Myron's operation, he counsels him. Myron persists and the doctor goes through with it. An enthusiastic audience observing the operation applauds the medical achievement and rises in a standing ovation. After the operation, Myron arrives in Hollywood as Myra while in the rest of the film Myron pops up from time to time as Myra's alter ego. Myra goes to an acting academy owned by her uncle, Buck Loner, a former cowboy star. The real reason for Myra's arrival is to claim her half of Uncle Buck's estate, which she says she's entitled to. Buck Loner stalls by giving her a job teaching the history of motion pictures. Buck Loner has several friends. One of them is Letitia Van Allen, an ancient Hollywood talent scout. The sex-starved septuagenarian runs an acting agency "for leading men only."