故事描述华尔街巨子卡比为了赚钱而有意将工厂扩展到住宅区，但遭该地范德霍夫家族强烈反对。范家成员个个性情古怪，次女爱丽丝并在卡比公司担任秘书，又和卡比的儿子托尼相恋，引起卡比的不满。双方的纠纷最后由德高望重的祖父居中调解，卡比也变成乐善好施的慈善家。 改编自获得普立兹奖的百老汇舞台剧，采用喜剧手法宣扬新睦邻的主题，在三十年代面对经济不景气打击的美国老百姓因而感受到人际温情和生活希望，使这部洋溢着乐天思想的影片勇夺当年金像奖最佳影片奖殊荣。导演弗兰克．卡普拉以其一贯兼具讽刺性与娱乐性的手法拍出人情世态的微妙冲突，莱昂内尔．巴里莫尔、琪恩．阿瑟、詹姆斯．斯图尔特等演得也成功。
演员: James Stewart
/ Lionel Barrymore
/ Edward Arnold
/ Mischa Auer
/ Ann Miller
/ Samuel S. Hinds
/ Donald Meek
/ Halliwell Hobbes
/ Dub Taylor
/ Mary Forbes
/ Lillian Yarbo
/ Clarence Wilson
/ Ann Doran
/ Christian Rub
/ Charles Lane
/ Harry Davenport
/ Irving Bacon
/ Ward Bond
/ James Burke
/ Eddy Chandler
/ Nell Craig
/ Edgar Dearing
/ Pat Flaherty
/ Robert Greig
/ Kit Guard
/ John Hamilton
/ Edward Hearn
/ Edward Keane
/ Edwin Maxwell
/ Frank McLure
/ James Millican
/ Edward Peil Sr.
/ 伊安·沃尔夫
/ Stanley Andrews
/ William Arnold
/ Betty Farrington
/ John Ince
/ Stella LeSaint
/ Margaret Mann
/ Fred Parker
/ Ed Randolph
/ Dorothy Vernon
/ Bess Wade
/ Joe Bordeaux
/ Ralph Brooks
/ Wallis Clark
/ Chester Clute
/ Dick Curtis
/ Lester Dorr
/ Jack Gardner
/ Kay Deslys
/ Florence Dudley
/ Dagmar Oakland
/ Oliver Eckhardt
/ Jesse Graves
/ Bob Kortman
/ Clive Morgan
/ Harry Semels
/ Edward Earle
/ Jim Farley
/ Eddie Fetherston
/ James Flavin
/ Byron Foulger
/ Dick Rush
/ Carlie Taylor
/ Chuck Hamilton
/ Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
/ Boyd Irwin
/ Eddie Kane
/ Frank Mills
/ Bruce Mitchell
/ Wedgwood Nowell
/ Lee Phelps
/ Hilda Plowright
/ Edwin Stanley
/ Bert Stevens
/ Walter Walker
/ Pierre Watkin
/ Pat West
/ Bess Flowers
