Although their own father, bank Charles, refuses them a loan to start a novelty American toys company to rival the established German import, the brothers A.C. and Frank succeed, especially with constructive and educational products. When the US gets dragged into Word War I, Frank enlists yakubd.cc and Woodrow Wilson's government recruits A.C. as consultant to convert factories like theirs for the war effort. Yet his gifted preteen son, whose schoolmates meanly turned on the 'Christmas killer's kid', ends up convincing him to refuse canceling Christmas and even resume toy production.

Thelma Jordon, late one night, shows up in the office of married Assistant DA Cleve Marshall. Before Cleve can stop himself, he and Thelma are involved in an illicit affair. But Thelma is a mysterious woman, and Cleve can't help wondering if she is hiding something. Thelma has a plan up her sleeve that will ruin Corey if his love for her and his own weakness win out. Thelma has a heart and a conscience. She comes to love Cleve, and has concern for his life and his future. Despite her wish that her life could be different, she realizes that she belongs in a lawless world.

电影改编自世界著名摩托车手伯特·孟若的生平，真实而又生动的再现了一代传奇车手跌宕起伏的一生。故事开始于1899年，孟若（安东尼·霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰）降生到了这个世界上，从小体弱多病的他甚至被医生下达过“死亡通知书”，但幸运的是，孟若还是顺利的长大了。
1915年，孟若有了自己的第一辆摩托车，从此开启了与风竞速的生涯，直到七十二岁那一年，孟若依然没有放弃自己曾经的梦想。他改装了二十年代购入的印第安牌侦查摩托车，从新西兰骑往美国。一路上，孟若结识了易装癖者蒂娜（克里斯·威廉斯 Chris Williams 饰）、寡妇艾达（戴安·拉德 Diane Ladd 饰）、销售员佛兰多（保罗·罗德里奇斯 Paul Rodriguez 饰）等一干有趣的朋友们，在他们的帮助和鼓励下最终创下了新的世界纪录