- A group of diverse individuals are suddenly taken from their homes and flown via helicopter to a futuristic bomb shelter in the desert, one-third of a mile below the surface of the Earth. There, they learn that a nuclear holocaust is taking place and that they've been "chosen" by computer to survive in the shelter in order to continue the human race. The shelter is designed to ...
- 正值美国南北战争期间，居住在小镇的马其家的父亲上了前线打仗，马其家共有四个女儿，大女儿Meg温柔可人，偶尔去做家庭教师补贴家用，二女儿Joe热爱写作，且很有些天才，像个假小子，三女儿Beth文静乖巧，喜爱在家跟小猫玩，谈谈钢琴，四女儿Amy（伊丽莎白•泰勒 饰）还在上学，金发碧眼，活泼调皮。平日琐事不断，然而她们的母亲马其夫人一直给予她们勇敢生活面对战争面对生死未卜的父亲的力量，还带领她们多去关怀身边需要关心的人。一个圣诞节，马其家的四个小妇人出门去把食物送给了那些贫穷人家的孩子，当她们拖着疲累的身体回家时，却发现满桌的佳肴！原来是邻居家的劳伦斯爷爷为表扬她们的举动为她们准备的。当夏天到来，父亲也回来了。她们一家团聚。然而成长的道路还在继续。
