朱妮(洛丽泰·扬 Loretta Young 饰)是美国最著名的“老姑娘”,一次偶然中,她和一位名叫提摩西(雷·米兰德 Ray Milland 饰)的男子搭乘同一辆车回城,没想到被记者拍到了,记者将他两误认为了夫妻,在报纸上大肆报道,很快便引起了轰动。
朱妮和提摩西发现,这一误会反而给他们带来了意料之外的福利,于是决定假扮夫妻维持这个谎言,可是,知道他们真正的生活在一起后才发现,两个人无论是生活习惯还是个性上都矛盾多多,在一次又一次的摩擦和争吵中,朱妮和提摩西都感到对方令自己难以忍受,可如今他们早已骑虎难下,两人该如何处理这段斩不断理还乱的关系呢?
During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. He encourages young adults Richard and June Stanley to pursue their dreams, much to the dismay of their conventional father Ernest.
Meanwhile, Whiteside's spinster assistant Maggie Cutler finds herself attracted to local newspaperman Bert Jefferson. When she reads Bert's play, she is so impressed she asks Whiteside to show it to his contacts, and then announces she will quit his employment and marry Bert. However, her boss is loath to lose such an efficient aide and does his best to sabotage the blossoming romance...