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”