Fran has had a pen pal named Lenny since the first grade. Fran and Lenny, through their letters, get along famously, almost like boyfriend/girlfriend. They agreed early on never to exchange photographs, but Lenny, coming to New York, wants to meet Fran in person. Maxwell is anxious to meet Lenny as he feels he's in competition with Lenny. Fran, on the other hand, is nervous to meet Lenny as she has exaggerated who"Fran Fine" is in her letters. But Fran agrees to meet Lenny at the Russian Tea Room, each identifying the other by the red rose worn on their lapels. Again, Maxwell is anxious to see Lenny, and accompanies Fran to the Russian Tea Room and stays with her until Lenny shows up. Fran and Maxwell are having a nice enough"date" of their own while they wait for Lenny, so nice that Fran almost doesn't care if Lenny shows up or not.
朗（湯姆?克魯 Tom 飾）自幼就是一個(gè)爭(zhēng)強(qiáng)勝的男孩，向往子漢的生活。年的朗被總統(tǒng)那潘番充滿煽動(dòng)性的戰(zhàn)演說徹底征服一種挑戰(zhàn)和為國(guó)牲的沖動(dòng)在朗的心漸漸滋長(zhǎng)。一摔跤比賽的失利令一向要強(qiáng)的他然告別了戀人唐和大學(xué)生活，踏了從軍參戰(zhàn)之路 然而，來到越南的朗并沒有這里找到向往已的英雄氣概，反目睹一出出反人的悲劇。朗的好威爾遜也在一次戰(zhàn)中死于朗的子，不久，朗中彈瘓被送回了美國(guó) 坐在輪椅上朗仍然堅(jiān)持著對(duì)國(guó)發(fā)動(dòng)的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的仰，但女友唐娜遇了朗之后，痛的認(rèn)為朗的悲劇是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的錯(cuò)。噩纏繞著朗，朗去祭了戰(zhàn)友威爾遜反戰(zhàn)呼聲中，朗于覺醒?
