把罗马焚城后,惨无人道的暴君尼禄(查尔斯·劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰)将矛头指向基督徒,开始大规模肆意捕杀基督徒。不仅如此,尼禄更颁布了法令把抓获的基督徒送往竞技场。罗马最高军事军官马库斯(弗雷德里克·马奇 Fredric March 饰)奉命残杀这些捕获的基督徒。被抓的基督徒中有两名老者准备逃跑,马库斯本欲逮捕他们,然而当马库斯看到他们的继女麦西卡(爱丽莎·兰迪 Elissa Landi 饰)时,情不自禁地一见倾心。楚楚动人的麦西卡,马库斯很快与她坠入爱河不能自拔,随之下令释放了所有基督徒。马库斯的这一举动,不仅激怒了暴君尼禄,更让一直暗恋他的皇后帕亚(克劳黛·考尔白 Claudette Colbert 饰)醋意大发,心生嫉妒。
Middle-aged banker Arthur Hamilton is given the opportunity to start a completely new life when he receives calls from his old friend Charlie. The only problem is that Charlie is supposed to be dead. Hamilton is eventually introduced to a firm that will fake his death and create an entirely new look and life for him. After undergoing physical reconstruction surgery and months of training and psychotherapy, Hamilton returns to the world in the form of artist Tony Wilson. He has a nice house in Malibu and a manservant, a company employee who is there to assist him with his adjustment. He finds that the life he had hoped for isn't quite what he expected and asks the company to go through the process with surprising results. Written by garykmcd