性感的岳母

　　Joseph Fulton, a well-regarded fifty-eight-year-old director of romantic comedies, wants to become assistant groundskeeper at a local cemetery. He wants to work outdoors and be close to nature. Meanwhile, he thinks it’s important to have his last will and testament drawn up. But his highly dramatic actress girlfriend thinks he must be dying and that he is just too brave to tell anyone. The rumor spreads and soon everyone he knows—and some he doesn’t—are crowded into his small apartment to say their last farewells.

 迪兹（加里·库珀 Gary Cooper 饰）是一位小有成就的商人，早已经衣食无忧的他希望能够从繁忙的事务中脱身，将时间更多的花费在自己的兴趣爱好之上。一笔价值两千万的巨额遗产从天而降落到了迪兹的头上，报社问询派来了记者芭比（琪恩·亚瑟 Jean Arthur 饰），希望她能够从迪兹的身上挖掘出一些吸引眼球的新闻。刚开始，芭比十分看不惯迪兹的处世为人，但随着时间的推移，她渐渐被后者的善良和正直所吸引，两人之间产生了浪漫的爱情。迪兹决定将得到的遗产用于帮助深陷贫困的人，这一举动遭到了律师约翰（Douglass Dumbrille 饰）的质疑，他坚定的认为迪兹的脑袋可能出了什么问题，甚至将他告到了法庭。

　　冷战时，全球两大特工组织——俄罗斯“中心”与英国“圆场”明争暗斗。特工遇害，高层震怒，责成“圆场”挖出“地鼠”。怀疑对象共有5人，即圆场上任“老总”命名的锅匠，裁缝，士兵，穷人，乞丐。其中，金盆洗手的“乞丐”乔治·史迈利(加里·奥德曼 Gary Oldman 饰)本来有重大嫌疑。某日，行动组-剥头皮组头目的彼得·吉勒姆(本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 Benedict Cumberbatch 饰)与英国内阁办公室谍报总监拉康排除了史迈利的嫌疑，令其重新出山，负责挖出“地鼠”。于是，史迈利开始分别走访故人，调查“圆场”老大阿勒莱恩，裁缝-比尔·海顿(科林·费斯 Colin Firth 饰)，士兵-掌管东欧事务的资深间谍罗埃·布兰德，穷人-后勤部门点路灯组组长托比·伊斯特哈斯。一时间，圆场疑云密布，人人自危，究竟谁才是“地鼠”……　　本片本片根据约翰·勒卡雷的同名小说改编。片名来自英国民间的“鹅妈妈童谣集”。

　　A hit and run of an 18 year old girl becomes the hub of a wheel that sets into motion many a spoke - a journalist , a raging mother, a cop and a system all caught in an ethical dilemma. Questions raised only to realise that truth is rarely pure and never simple.