中国青年程桓（理查德·巴塞尔梅斯 Richard Barthelmess 饰）远赴伦敦，希望能够在异国他乡传授佛教教义。哪知道理想丰满现实残酷，抑郁不得志的程桓不仅荒废了事业，还沾染上了鸦片，整日生活在颓废沮丧之中。
一次偶然中，程桓邂逅了名为露丝（丽莲·吉许 Lill ian Gish 饰）的美丽女孩。露丝有着极为凄惨的身世，她的父亲巴汀（唐纳德·克里斯普 Donald Crisp 饰）是一名个性凶残的酒鬼，常在喝得酩酊大醉之后对露丝大打出手。同样悲惨的遭遇让两颗孤独的心越靠越近，终于，不堪忍受父亲折磨的露丝离家出走，程桓收留了她。好景不长，巴汀很快就找到了露丝的踪迹，将她强行带回了家，等待着露丝的，将是又一轮如同狂风暴雨一般的折磨。
Charles Augustus Howell was John Ruskin's secretary, agent and model for Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and exhumer of Lizzie Siddal. But he is also said to have been a master blackmailer and a forger of works of art.
A fictional village confronts a bizarre dilemma when their cemetery runs out of burial space, leading to uproarious situations as the townspeople unite to find creative solutions.
This 7-year series chronicled the adventures of the Impossible Mission Taskforce (IMF), a team of government spies and specialists who were assigned "impossible missions" by the unseen "Secretary". Although the cast varied over the years, the main characters included The Team Leader (Dan Briggs the first season, then Jim Phelps the other six), The Techno-Wizard (Barney Collier), The Strongman (Willy Armitage), The Master of Disguise (first Rollin Hand, then The Amazing Paris), and The Femme Fatale (Cinnamon Carter, Casey, Dana Lambert, Mimi Davis).
The series is best known for its opening mission assignment (conducted by a pre-recorded tape), the theme composed by Lalo Schifrin, the leader's selection of mission agents from a dossier, the opening briefing, the intricate use of disguises and a typical "mask pulloff" scene near the end of most episodes, and the relative lack of characterization of the characters.
Jim Phelps is the new leader of the Impossible Missions Force, with no explanation, or even reference made, about the departure of predecessor Dan Briggs. First up for Phelps is a mission involving the drug trade. Cresnik and Walters have cornered the heroin market and sell it at a handsome profit to gangs around the world. Phelps devises an operation which will drive a wedge between the heroin dealers and their customers.
