"没有人是一座孤岛，每个人都是一条街道，链接着过去和未来，群山和平原"——约翰·多恩，《罗马假日》AspirationsandthelivesofseveralpeopleworkingatthegiganticSeacoastNationalBankBuildinginterweaveinvariousplots.ThemostnotablecharacterisDavidDwight,thewomanizingbankownerwhokeepshisestrangedwifehappybypayingforherextravagantglobetrotting.Dwight'slongtimesecretarySarahyearnsforthemtodivorcesoheraffairwithhimcanbelegitimized.SarahshowshergoodsidebyplayingmothertotheyounginnocentLynnHarding,whosheemploysasanassistant.BeautifulMissHardingisrelentlesslypursuedbyextrovertedbanktellerTomSheppard,butheisfrustratedwhenDwightluresherawaywithpowerandwealth.ThenDwightruinseveryone'sfinancesinasuccessfulbidtogetfullcontrolofhisskyscraperbymanipulatingthecompany'sstockprice.Nowtheredoesn'tappeartobeanyonewhocanpreventthepowermongerfromtakingadvantageoftheingenueHarding-oristhere