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　　精力充沛、自由奔放的年轻人瑞奇（迈克尔·安格拉诺 饰）和已经适应了家庭生活的老友格伦（迈克尔·塞拉 饰）踏上一场即兴公路行，从洛杉矶到萨克拉门托的旅途中，他们的过去成为焦点，也引发对未来的质疑。

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
　　Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
　　As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
　　The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
　　Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

　　客栈的一场大火引出整个故事，被救的燕凌躺在医院里因过度惊吓而暂时性失声，从二少爷思容口中得知，当时丈夫用棉被裹住了自己，但丈夫却被烧死。这时自己腹中的胎儿已经三个月大了。康复后燕凌被接到李家，饭桌前的气氛过于凝重，为了缓和气氛，思容打开了留声机，在悠扬的乐曲声里，思容试探性的问大嫂这是一首什么曲子，燕凌说出了这首曲子叫《良夜不能留》，李夫人说这是思文最喜欢的曲子，又问燕凌和思文是怎么认识的，燕凌同样回答如流，打消了众人对她的怀疑。
　　第二天李老爷召集所有人来，要修改遗嘱：遗产分为四份，四分之一归二少爷思容，四分之一归幼君（幼君不是亲生，是李老爷大哥的女儿），另外四分之二归燕凌和腹中的孩子。燕凌当晚就不告而别，在旅店里遇到了刺客（阿汤），在和刺客的缠斗中看到了刺客手上的戒指，后被思容所救。一直喜欢思容的秀英看不惯思容围着燕凌转，用恶毒话语刺激燕凌，燕凌不为所动。燕凌无意中发现在李府的长工阿汤手上的戒指，认出了他就是当晚刺杀自己的凶手，思容抓住阿汤逼问时不想阿汤竟碰头而死。
　　后燕凌又接二连三得收到“你是谁？”“你的儿子是谁的？”的匿名信。思容向坐立不安的燕凌表白，被赶了出去。第二天幼君带来了所谓的救命恩人福大为先生，幼君声称自己在回家途中遭遇山洪，被他所救，福大为受到李家热情款待，并住在李家。燕凌见到福大为时吓的脸色发白，在四处无人时，福大为对燕凌毛手毛脚起来，被思容抓了个现行。
　　无奈燕凌告诉思容自己的真实身份，自己名叫秋微，根本不是大嫂，原来是春风楼的头牌歌女时，遇到同为春风楼做事的打手福大为，二人感叹彼此的身世，惺惺相惜，产生感情，后来告诉福大为时，竟被福大为抛弃。在逃跑途中遇到燕凌和思文，三人相见甚欢，夜晚思文走错房间，来到秋微房中倒头便睡，谁料当晚就起了大火，思文和燕凌都被烧死。秋微起了私心，想让自己的孩子有个好前程，就假扮燕凌来到家。
　　得知真相后的思容仍然对秋微爱慕不已。幼君也和福大为断去了来往。而得知真相的李老爷确觉得面子上挂不住，要把秋微赶出去，遭到思容和幼君的反对。丫鬟秀英被杀，众人都怀疑是秋微干的，管家李诺认为秋微是杀自己妹妹的凶手，想掐死秋微，被思容一枪打死。秋微再次出走，在一个小亭子旁遇到了福大为，在和福大为纠缠时，幼君赶到告诉秋微福大为腰中有刀，情急之下秋微拔刀刺向对方腰间毙命。秋微被关入牢房。
　　李老爷在弥留之际又要修改遗嘱，宣布要把遗嘱全部捐给医院，幼君大声喊道：“财产全是我的！”终于露出本来面目，原来李老爷和思容在演戏。幼君也全交代的真相，自己父亲的财产都被李老爷独吞，自己早就酝酿报仇事宜，但自己喜欢上了大少爷思文，放下了仇恨，在得知思文已在外地结婚后重燃仇恨，原来那场大火是她派管家李诺放的，匿名信也是管家李诺写的，丫鬟秀英无意中听到了他和福大为的谈话，被福大为所杀，也是幼君把福大为带到小亭子里，借秋微之手杀了福大为。一切的一切都是为了复仇。
　　最后李老爷和李夫人两人坐在偌大的饭桌旁，等待儿子思容的归来，钟表一直在转，李老爷叹了口气：“他不会回来了。”城门下的汽车内，卸下警服的思文一身轻松，坐在旁边的秋微一脸微笑说：“我们会幸福的！”