大卫·布莱恩

Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples --- he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin need a lot more than luck when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only they can help Annie's daughter Louise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America with a Count and his son. The count's son wants to marry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York society. It's up to Dave and Queenie and their Runyonesque cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York's elite.

影片描写三十年代的纽约，一个风尘女子安妮为了使女儿安心在外国学习，假装自己很富有。但最后还是露出马脚，不过她爱女心切的举动感动了市长和上流社会的人物，都为她保守秘密，让她的女儿欢乐地举行了婚礼。影片的最大特点是全体演员表演出色，根据剧情需要，把角色演活了，让观众感到演员不是在舞台上作戏，而是观众生活中的一分子。