在小镇上,一个年轻人游手好闲无所事事,于是他决定去纽约碰碰运气。影片讲述了1925年发生在美国西部牛仔的故事,风格搞笑幽默。
A young man who doesn't find a job in his small hometown, tries his luck in New York, but is overwelmed by the life of the city, so decides to try his luck somewhere else after a only a few minutes in New York. He falls off a train near a ranch, where he tries his luck as a cowbowy, being in his own way very sucessful. But he shows what he can do when the farm has to bring a 100 head of cattle to the slaughterhouses of Los Angeles to avoid going bankrupt, against the will of his neighbour who wants a better price. After a shoot-out with the neighbour's men he's the only person on a Los Angeles bound train with 1000 cows....。新任镇长李俊生,在赴任的路上受到八里堡村村民白日举灯的"欢迎".村支书武建孝曾是李俊生的战友,二人见面旧情未叙,就为税收之事"赤面生战"为此,他决心留在八里堡碰一碰这个"欠税"的钉子村。。正直而胆大的书生陶生从好友处听说了闹鬼凶宅的传说,他无所畏惧,主动提出借好友这座鬼宅读书的请求。因为闹鬼,原本宽敞的庭院变得荒芜不堪,萧索凄冷。陶生秉持着一股正气入住,在这个僻静地倒也能够专心攻读。谁知到了夜晚,便有两个美若天仙的女子悄然而至。几次三番后,陶生与名叫秋蓉和小谢的两个女鬼熟稔。秋蓉和小谢敬重陶生的正直,丝毫没有加害之意,反而用心帮其打理衣食起居的一切。而在这一过程中,陶生也知晓了两个女鬼凄惨悲凉的身世。
义愤填膺的陶生决定为她们讨回公道,谁知自己却不由得卷入奸人罗织的冤狱之中……。