家住密西西比河边的14岁少年埃利斯（泰伊·谢里丹 Tye Sheridan 饰）和好友奈克在河中心小岛上发现了一艘废弃的船，情萦同时还有暂住在船上的神秘流浪男子玛德（马修·麦康纳 Matthew McConaughey 饰）。玛德自称幼年时生活于此，情萦因行动不便拜托埃斯利和奈克给予他帮助。家庭处于分崩离析边缘的埃利斯近于本能的信任玛德，向后者提供食物，并了解到玛德与青梅竹马恋人珍妮弗（瑞茜·威瑟斯彭 Reese Witherspoon 饰）痴缠多年并为之杀人的往事，原来玛德此刻在孤岛上正是躲避赏金猎人追杀的同时欲带走珍妮弗。埃利斯愿意相信玛德的爱情，尽管生活充满了令人失望的底色，他愿意助这位陌生的大朋友一臂之力……
张志家
回复 :Five years after taking the fall for his younger brother, a tormented ex-con flees parole to find his kidnapped baby niece. One step ahead of the police, and one behind an unraveling criminal syndicate, he must once again sacrifice everything in the name of family.
回复 :Haunted by the memory of Walter Holderlin, a soldier he killed during World War I, French musician Paul Renard (Phillips Holmes) confesses to a priest (Frank Sheridan), who grants him absolution. Using the address on a letter he found on the dead man's body, Paul then travels to Germany to find his family.As anti-French sentiment continues to permeate Germany, Dr. Holderlin (Lionel Barrymore) initially refuses to welcome Paul into his home, but changes his mind when his son's fiancée Elsa identifies him as the man who has been leaving flowers on Walter's grave. Rather than reveal the real connection between them, Paul tells the Holderlin family he was a friend of their son, who attended the same musical conservatory he did.Although the hostile townspeople and local gossips disapprove, the Holderlins befriend Paul, who finds himself falling in love with Elsa (Nancy Carroll). When she shows Paul her former fiancé's bedroom, he becomes distraught and tells her the truth. She convinces him not to confess to Walter's parents, who have embraced him as their second son, and Paul agrees to forego easing his conscience and stays with his adopted family. Dr. Holderlin presents Walter's violin to Paul, who plays it while Elsa accompanies him on the piano.The film's original title, The Man I Killed, was changed to The Fifth Commandment to avoid giving "wrong impressions in the minds of the public about the character of the story." It ultimately was released as Broken Lullaby.
回复 :公元前73年，来自古罗马利比亚省的奴隶斯巴达克斯（柯克•道格拉斯 Kirk Douglas 饰）在加普亚格斗学校中爱上了女奴瓦瑞妮娅（琼•西蒙斯 Jean Simmons 饰）。同年，格斗学校的奴隶在斯巴达克斯带领下发动起义，获得自由，随后斯巴达克斯与瓦瑞妮娅团聚，结为夫妇。起义震惊了罗马的统治集团，激化了元老院中贵族派和平民派的矛盾。贵族将领克拉苏（劳伦斯•奥利维尔 Laurence Olivier 饰）乘机击败平民派首领格拉古（查尔斯•劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰），篡夺了首席执政官的权力，实行独裁。格拉古为了打击克拉苏，打算私下放走奴隶大军；克拉苏却重金收买了海盗，并召回在国外作战的两支大军。斯巴达克斯起义军三面受敌，寡不抵众，数万奴隶战死，他与妻子和六千幸存战友均被克拉苏所俘。在最后的关头，由于格拉古的帮助，情况又发生了变化。
