本片是在美国电影界“驱逐异端”运动甚嚣张之际，卓别林正遭受攻击之时，他沉默了七年后拍摄的影片。虽然讲的是凡尔杜如何杀人，但却是出喜剧。而给卓别林配音的邱岳峰则是配音的最佳人选，他以那种独一无二的声音向听众展示王者的风范，给人以无上的艺术享受，就嗓音条件和进入角色本领来说至今无出其右。

Following a room mixup in a London hotel, a love triangle develops with ingenue Lilian Harvey the object of affection of both an ardent youth (and stunt pilot) and an aristocratic and unscrupulous cad. After much dining and dancing in the grand hotel, a playfully photographed shower scene, some stunt flying, an all-out…