故事发生在阳光普照的得克萨斯州,比克(洛克·哈德森 Rock Hudson 饰)是成长和生活在那里的一名牧场主人,德州和煦的阳光将他的性格也照耀得温厚而老实。东部来的漂亮女人莱斯利(伊丽莎白·泰勒 Elizabeth Taylor 饰)吸引了比克的目光,常年生活在西部的他从未见过像她一样的女人,很快,两人就坠入了情网之中,并且最终携手步入了婚姻的殿堂,就这样,莱斯利成为了农场的女主人。 杰特(詹姆斯·迪恩 James Dean 饰)是在比克农场里打工的长工,一次偶然的机会里,他获得了一块可以自行开垦的荒地。哪知道杰特走了大运,在这块地的地底下竟然埋藏着价值连城的石油,杰特一夜暴富。Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds across two generations.
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