邦妮（琪恩·亚瑟JeanArthur饰）在位于南非的一间小型机场里稍作休息，等待着带她离开的船只的到来。在这里，她邂逅了名叫杰夫（加里·格兰特CaryGrant饰）的男子，杰夫是一名非常帅气的飞行员，经常要驾驶着飞机执行一些十分危险的任务。杰夫所散发出的男子气概深深的令邦妮着迷，她主动的对后者投怀送抱，秋波暗示，但很显然，杰夫对邦妮并不感兴趣。杰夫有过一段失败的感情，至今他都未能够走出情伤。当杰夫的旧爱朱蒂（丽塔·海华斯RitaHayworth饰）再一次出现在他的面前，还带来了一个孩子时，事态有了变化。

Joe Thunderhorse, a Sioux Indian who has become the wealthy star of a Wild West show, returns home to his reservation after years away and finds that his father is dying and his people are being abused by corrupt white officials.