In a slanted dwelling beyond the outskirts of a drought-ridden town, a close Hispanic family accept an impossible blessing and name their only son Sailboat. Sailboat stirs new love and hope in his family who forge a simple but proud life in the deep South West of America, but one afternoon he brings home something more: a little guitar. From this moment, Sailboat and his ukulele are inseparable, and when his gravely ill grandmother instructs him to write a song for her, Sailboat meanders through adversity to deliver the unimaginable - the greatest song ever written. Will the song breathe one final miracle, or reveal a hapless twist of fate that will return his family to a house held up by a stick, a car without doors, an unchanging wardrobe, and a friend who cant blink?
博兰顿（约翰达尔John Dall 饰）和菲利普（法利格兰杰 Farley Granger 饰）都是哈佛的高才生，一天，都是同性恋的两人合谋杀害了同学戴维，并藏尸于一个大箱子中。或许是出于炫耀，他们做出了一个惊人的举动。那就是用装着戴维尸体的箱子当餐桌，邀请了戴维的父母、未婚妻、同学和茹伯特教授（詹姆斯斯图尔特 James Stewart 饰）来赴宴。他们谎称戴维外出了，和客人们在戴维的“棺材”上进行着宴会。胆小的菲利普从宴会开始就开始坐立不安，但是博兰顿却不慌不忙，在客人中滔滔不绝。然而，聪明的茹伯特教授从博兰顿的谈话中渐渐察觉出事有蹊跷……
