Gus Leonard

　　哈罗德（哈罗德·劳埃德 Harold Lloyd 饰）是裁缝铺里的学徒，个性腼腆内向的他在女人面前总是面红耳赤畏首畏尾，因此常常受到女顾客们的嘲笑。哈罗德是一个非常热爱幻想的人，在他的幻想里，自己是一个将所有女人都玩弄在股掌之中的花花公子，哈罗德将自己的这些荒诞幻想都记录在案写成了小说。　　一天，哈罗德决定将已经完成的书稿带往出版社，运气好的话说不定能获得出版的资格。在前往出版社的途中，哈罗德在火车上邂逅了名为玛丽（乔拜娜·劳斯顿 Jobyna Ralston 饰）的女孩。纯洁美丽的玛丽很快就吸引了哈罗德的目光，可与此同时，哈罗德怕女人的老毛病又犯了。

　　在小镇上，一个年轻人游手好闲无所事事，于是他决定去纽约碰碰运气。影片讲述了1925年发生在美国西部牛仔的故事，风格搞笑幽默。　　A young man who doesn't find a job in his small hometown, tries his luck in New York, but is overwelmed by the life of the city, so decides to try his luck somewhere else after a only a few minutes in New York. He falls off a train near a ranch, where he tries his luck as a cowbowy, being in his own way very sucessful. But he shows what he can do when the farm has to bring a 100 head of cattle to the slaughterhouses of Los Angeles to avoid going bankrupt, against the will of his neighbour who wants a better price. After a shoot-out with the neighbour's men he's the only person on a Los Angeles bound train with 1000 cows....

　　在本片中，罗依德扮演一名百货公司的店员。该公司为了商业宣传，请了一位特技演员前来表演从楼下爬到大楼屋顶的绝技，不料那位特技演员途中与交通警员发生了纠纷而无法赶到。百货公司为了向围观的群众有所交代，只好由罗依德权充演员，在众目睽睽之下表演特技。