茶杯里的风暴

故事发生在位于西海岸的贝旗市，孤苦伶仃的赫佳莉（萨拉·奥尔古德 Sara Allgood 饰）靠买冰淇淋为生，只有一只可爱的小狗不离不弃的陪伴着她，给她带来唯一的慰藉。议长颁布了养狗条例，所有养狗人必须花5英镑办理一张狗证，才能够急需将小狗留在身边。5英镑对于赫佳莉来说无异于一笔巨款，实在拿不出钱来的赫佳莉前往市政厅抗议，议长不留任何余地的拒绝了赫佳莉的诉求。 　　这一幕被波顿（雷克斯·哈里森 Rex Harrison 饰）尽收眼底，他同情于赫佳莉的穷困，同时憎恶议长的冷酷无情。波顿将议长的所作所为四处宣扬，议长一怒之下以诽谤的罪名将波顿告到了法院。Frank Burdon is a new reporter on a small-town Scottish paper. He's told to interview local politician William Gow, then left in charge of the paper overnight. He sees Gow being high-handed to a woman who can't afford to license her dog, and decides to run that story instead of the expected puff piece. Both are decent men, but a little too proud to back down, and the battle escalates into a criminal case... but at the same time, Burdon and Gow's daughter Victoria are falling in love.