影片报告第一次世界大战，托曼尼亚王国专制者辛格尔（查理·卓别林饰）下台。他的大举扩张致使战乱不竭生灵涂炭。并且他大搞阴谋政策，煽动平易近众对犹太人的敌对与仇恨，让犹太大众堕进水深火热的多难害傍边。被征进伍的犹太人剃头师查理（查理·卓别林饰）更是在如许的高压政策下难逃一劫。当查理逃出边境时，被驻守在这里的军队误以为是专制…

An ambitious newspaper reporter (Dick Powell), eager to scoop the competition, wishes he could know the news before it happens. A mysterious old man (John Philliber) grants the reporter that power, even as he cautions against using it. Now able to predict the news 24 hours in advance, the reporter goes about scooping a…