匈牙利布达佩斯，街角一间普通的小杂货铺。老板雨果·马图舍克（弗兰克·摩根 Frank Morgan饰）一直经营着这家小店，他的店员阿尔弗雷德·克莱里克（詹姆斯·斯图尔特 James Stewart饰）是店里经验最丰富的优秀店员。来到小店应聘的克拉尔·诺瓦克（玛格里特·苏利文 Margaret Sullavan饰）很快就被老板雇佣，却与阿尔弗雷德互相仇视，不能容忍对方。孤独又痴情的阿尔弗雷德有一...
Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive soldier court her in order to impress his friends, but a real romance soon begins....