故事梗概律师马格鲁德成功地指控了一名使用暴力并作了伪证的老警察，取得胜诉。律师行同仁为他举行庆功酒会。已同妻子离了婚的马格鲁德被酒会上的女招待马洛丽所吸引，很快堕入情网。马洛丽告诉马格鲁德，她父亲多斯神经不正常，与一群流浪汉住在郊外，他有暴力倾向，常常虐 Maggod, the storytelling lawyer, successfully accused an old police officer who used violence and made perjury to win a lawsuit. Lawyer colleagues held a celebration party for him. Magruder, who had been divorced from his wife, was attracted by Mario, the waitress at the reception, and soon fell in love. Malolo told Magruder that her father, Dos, was not working properly and was living in a suburb with a group of homeless men who were violent and often abusive