Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background) they fall in love. This creates a new problem: how do they handle the upcoming trial?

In 1900, Naomi Murdoch deserted her small-town family to go on the stage. Some ten years later, daughter Lily invites Naomi back to see her in the Riverdale high school play. Her arrival sets the whole town abuzz, wakes up old conflicts, and sets off new emotional storms.

Griff Bonnell (Sullivan) and his brothers arrive in a small, Arizona town. He is a U.S. Marshal looking to arrest Howard Swain (Chuck Roberson), coincidentally one of landowner Jessica Drummond’s (Stanwyck) 40 guns. The town is being terrorized and trashed by Brockie and his boys. He’s an arrogant drunk and bully but when he shoots an old buddy of Griff’s, he and his brothers intervene.　　Griff strides purposefully towards the action, unconcerned at the mayhem going on. Brockie’s buddies recognize the lawman and flee but the drunk Brockie doesn’t know or care. Fuller cuts back and forth between a close-up of Griff’s eyes and Brockie’s gun repeatedly until the climax when Griff finally reaches Rocky and knocks him unconscious with a punch. Griff and Jessica inevitably cross paths and their relationship starts off as antagonistic but eventually blossoms into a romance.

　　T?C? Jeffords是一个自大、冷酷的农场主，他的女儿Vency一直希望代替死去的母亲，获得父亲的爱与权力，直到一天TC带回另一个女人。Vency与父亲决裂，并最终靠自己的力量夺走了农场。

　在1928年的Ivers镇，女孩玛莎阴差阳错地杀死了严崚的监护人，在场的三个人中，她倾恋的男生山姆逃走了，另一位青梅竹马的乖男生沃特帮她说谎，然而怀特的家庭教师爸爸则掌控了一切。18年后，山姆因车祸回到了镇上停留一天，在这里他结识了非常爽朗的女子托妮，又发现变得很富贵的玛莎跟成为地方检查官的沃特结了婚，他因托妮曾犯罪的问题请沃特帮助，沃特反而找人打山姆，因他认为山姆知道玛莎以前的事在敲诈他们，也不满玛莎对山姆从未忘情……