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....。某县体委有个姓高的矮个子篮球教练,此人爱球又爱才,为这没少吃苦头。某天,他在集市上发现了一个身高两米的巨人,如获至宝,穷追不舍。妻子尽其所能,热情款待王小山,小伙子一个个地不知吃了几个玉米面窝窝。高教练带着小山四处奔走,拜访了于处长、杜主任、黄工宣。无奈,这么理想的一个中锋苗子,硬是没有单位要。
王小山看到高教练为他日夜辛苦,粮食不够吃还卖了手表,他于心不忍,不辞而别。高教练发现后把他找了回来,并严厉地批评他不热爱体育事业。在高教练的热情培养下,小山投入了刻苦的训练。偶然的机会,高教练结识了一位曾经是贺龙同志部下的老军人。在这位同志的热情支持和帮助下,王小山终于被国家篮球队接收。高教练还向那位老军人要了一大堆国家队用旧了的篮球。最后,他就像完成了一项重大使命一样心满意足地踏上了归程。。