여행지 피렌체에서 ‘전망 좋은 방’을 루시에게 양보한 조지는 충동적이고 열정적인 몽상가. 그녀의 약혼자는 여성을 예술품처럼 소유하려는 보수적인 세실. 관습과 자유로운 삶 사이에서 갈등하며 진정한 사랑을 선택하려는 루시. 고지식한 사촌 샬롯의 가이드 없이 그녀는 지도 밖으로의 여행을 시작한다.
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that Prussian 'sleeper' agents are planning to pre-start World War I by murdering a visiting foreign minister. However, Scudder is murdered and Hannay is framed for the death by the 'sleepers'. Fleeing to Scotland Hannay attempts to clear his name and to stop the agents with the aid of Alex Mackenzie but not only is he is chased by Chief Supt Lomas for Scudder's death but by the agents who are headed by Appleton who has managed to hide himself in a high-placed position in the British Government...
Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after 37 years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died because of a fight with some anglo-saxon teddy boys. It becomes "a matter of honour" for him, to take his revenge without involving the British police
