农村生活普遍贫穷的那个年代,阿吉的出世,无疑是把辛苦挣扎求生的父母,逼向命运黑暗的角落。父亲为了他的幸福,要他坐以待毙,母亲为了爱他,宁愿牺牲自己,阿吉悲惨,屈辱地被当成家庭的包袱,从小被残酷的命运一脚一脚踢大。伤痕累累,却异常的坚强。阿吉对创造自己的未来,有着一股强悍的自信与耐力。他虽然爬着度过他的人生,却不肯输给走在他身边的人。。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....。