聚焦具有历史意义的洛杉矶Laurel Canyon，这里诞生了一些标志性音乐团体，如飞鸟乐队、海滩男孩、水牛春田以及爸爸妈妈乐队。

诺克斯科技公司的总裁艾里克·诺克斯被人神秘绑架，诺克斯公司为此将损失十亿美元作为代价，并且成千上万的无辜人们将受到牵连。性感、机智、勇敢的美丽天使们临危受命，向绑架案的幕后黑手发出“温柔一刀”！

正要赶往伦敦完婚的凯莉（Margaret Lockwood）因雪崩被困在山下的小旅馆里，偶遇摄影记者康德（Michael Redgrave），两个人因小事发生争执，第二天大家各自赶路，却登上了同一列火车。在车上凯莉与一名老妇人佛洛伊（Dame May Whitty）结伴，彼此照料。然而凯莉因头部被撞，恍惚中沉沉睡去，待她醒来，老妇人不见了。四处寻找佛洛伊，却不见她的踪影，凯莉只好报警。出乎意料的是同车厢的每个人都说没见过什么老妇人，陷入困惑的凯莉再次遇到康德。康德相信凯莉，也感到事有蹊跷，两人渐渐和好，一起展开了调查。

影片讲述了在上个世纪七十年代的澳大利亚海边小镇中，少年杰夫用他的小摄像机记录着一切，还组织朋友们拍摄自己的电影。燥热的夏天让大人非常浮躁，一只巨型鲸鱼尸体被冲到岸上吸引了大家的注意力，然而杰夫的镜头却捕捉到了邻家女孩梅丽的身影。梅丽感受到鲸鱼的悲伤，却被哥哥们欺负嘲笑，杰夫为她挺身而出。杰夫邀请梅丽到家中做客，交谈中俩人发现他们都是在生活中被父母忽视的对象，他们找到了知己。然而，俩人的秘密还是被大家发现，不靠谱的父母们还想撮合两个年轻人，他们为孩子们买了礼服，希望他们来一次正经的约会。但俩人间也仅仅是孤单的少年和少女间找到了精神上的安慰与依靠。最终，当地政府决定以爆破的方式处理掉鲸鱼的尸体，爆炸的那一刻，杰夫与梅丽烦恼也随之散去，俩人在这个夏天也有所成长。

Diz (Joel Courtney) is a reckless teenage drifter living life on the run. Abandoned by his parents as a child, he looks out for himself and doesn't accept handouts. He takes whatever he wants and runs. Jaded and determined to answer to no one, Diz lives a life marked by thievery and abandonment. Things change for Diz when he floats into a small town on the Snake River. There he is confronted by an unflappable old man named Marty and falls for Marty's guarded granddaughter, Selah. When Diz robs a local drug-dealing crazy, he becomes the owner of a giant pile of cash and the target of two vicious killers. With more money than he knows what to do with, and criminals at his heels, Diz puts the people he's learned to care about in danger, still trying to win Selah. But some things can't be stolen or bought. The River Thief is a film about guilt, self-sacrifice, and accepting life as a gift.