Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson#39;s interference in the scientific treatment of patients, and a mine owner resents Grey#39;s protection of an old sharecropper whose small plot of land stands in the way of his continued mining Grey must face a public health crisis and a lynch mob as a result, all seen and described through the eyes and memory of Grey#39;s young nephew John
本片展现了一个警察世家的道德沉沦两位警察兄弟在他们的前任警察局长父亲的阴影笼罩下必须要调查一起由他们自己犯下的罪案
妻子去世多年寡言的山平笠智众已习惯被待嫁的女儿道子岩下志麻贴心照料的生活道子表面看来也乐意将老父亲照料从没流露嫁人的渴望 山平老年乐事是与中学时代的几个老友饮酒叙谈席间友人每谈及道子的婚事表示要同她介绍对象山平总会含糊其辞地拒绝但怕面对什么他也并不能想清不过每次饮酒他都会适可而止以避免酒醉给道子带来太多麻烦 这日中学同窗聚会山平得知老师当年漂亮的女儿为将他照顾至今未嫁后送醉酒的老师归家见漂亮人儿今已衰老憔悴他心里一惊想到道子其后他示意道子考虑婚姻大事道子却理解为父亲在赶她出门悲伤不已他好言相劝她方含泪点头道子答应一刻他又心生无限酸楚
