Harry Dean has a plan to pull off a major robbery and needs Nicole as a gambit and windowdressing. He outlines his ideas about his perfect crime in a dream sequence and then meets Nicole, and nothing goes quite right again.

本片拍摄于1953年，根据马克·吐温的小说《一张百万英镑的钞票》改编。

　　故事发生在一条名为“海神号”的豪华游轮之上，灯火辉煌的大厅之中，衣着华丽的旅客们怀着激动的心情，等待着新年的到来。一场地震的发生让人们一下子从天堂跌入了地狱，海神号被巨浪掀翻，一时间穿舱内一片鬼哭狼嚎。不顾船长的反对，斯科特（吉恩·哈克曼 Gene Hackman 饰）带领着8名乘客奋力爬向高处，当他们刚刚站定之时，洪水袭来，几乎是在瞬间，他们已经成为了海神号上唯一幸存的九人。　　斯科特带领着众人开辟出了一条逃生之路，在不断逼近的危险和几次爆发的矛盾之中，他们向着安全地带慢慢靠近着。爆炸的发生封锁了斯科特一行人唯一可以选择的逃生路线，面对着绝望与死亡，他们是否能够紧紧抓住渺茫的希望呢？

　　After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?

一位魅力十足、雄心勃勃的年轻人想方设法提升自己的商业地位和社会地位——有些方法很正直，有些则不然。如果他能设法避开某个掠夺成性的女人……