To chase her dream of going to school in her remote Himalayan village, a feisty paraplegic girl locks horns with her tradition-bound grandfather. Sprightly Chuskit's dream of going to school is cut short when she is rendered a paraplegic after an accident. She's confined to life indoors in the company of her strict grandfather, Dorje. Chuskit continues to harbor hopes of school but Dorje tries to make her understand that school can't handle her needs. As life at home gets harder, her battle with her grandfather exacerbates. Caught in between their struggle are Chuskit's parents and her enterprising brother who want to respect the old world views that Dorje represents, but also want to keep Chuskit's spirit alive. Chuskit will have to get her grandfather to yield or she will have to accept the reality he has chosen for her.
吉米(杰米·李·柯蒂斯 Jamie Lee Curtis 饰)是一名刚刚从警校毕业的女警官,全身上下充满了正义感的她怀揣这一刻火热的心加入了警局的队伍之中,希望能为维护城市的和平尽到自己的一己之力。在一场抢劫案中,吉米成功的击倒了匪徒,救下了超市里的诸多人质,可是在事后的调查之中,本应该存在于现场的武器不翼而飞,吉米一下子从女英雄的座位上跌落了下来,遭到了停职检查的处分。 不仅如此,城市里接连发生的凶杀案现场,散落着可有吉米名字的子弹,很显然吉米成为了众矢之的。与此同时,吉米邂逅了名为朗西佛(罗恩·西维尔 Ron Silver 饰)的富商,后者对她展开了热烈的追求。
Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples --- he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin need a lot more than luck when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only they can help Annie's daughter Louise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America with a Count and his son. The count's son wants to marry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York society. It's up to Dave and Queenie and their Runyonesque cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York's elite.