在这部金屋藏娇剧情片中,平凡的小伙子乔伊（劳伦斯·哈维 Laurence Harvey 饰）爱上了含着金汤匙出生的千金大小姐苏珊（简·西蒙斯 Jean Simmons 饰），虽然这段感情遭到了女方家人的强烈反对，但两人最终还是排除了万难携手步入婚姻的殿堂。然而，婚后的生活却并不如乔伊想象中的那么幸福。乔伊进入了苏珊父亲经营的公司里上班，常常遭到上司和同僚的冷嘲热讽，工作的十分不愉快，另一方面，他和妻子的价值观相差巨大，两人常常爆发激烈的争吵。
当乔伊发现妻子竟然令有情人后，他决定也自由的去寻找自己想要的生活。他带着对他有好感的姑娘诺拉（霍纳尔·布莱克曼 Honor Blackman 饰）私奔了。
Joe Lampton thought he had really made it by marrying the boss's daughter in his northern mill town. But he finds he is being sidelined at work and his private life manipulated by his father-in-law. Even so, he ignores an offer of a job in London and keeps away from attractive TV presenter Norah. When he finds his wife is having an affair, he reconsiders on both counts. But can he make it on his own ability down south?
有些人 他们只适合关在笼中。
