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　　1930年代，小云、小红（周璇）姐妹被人骗到上海卖给琴师和妓院老鸨夫妇，小云被迫做了暗娼，小红年纪尚小，又天生有一副好嗓子，便随琴师去茶楼终日卖唱。姐妹两人住在贫民窟，在她们对面，住的分别是报贩老王和吹鼓手陈少平（赵丹）。因为闲来无事时陈少平常同小红对窗玩闹，两人渐生感情。　　小红卖唱时被流氓古成龙缠上，对方欲强霸她为妾，小红找陈少平商量对策，两人本想借助律师将正义伸张，不想律师双眼只认钱，无奈之下只得逃走，而这一过程中，老王对小云由怜生爱，可是小云却因自卑不敢正视。琴师偶知陈少平与小红下落，放风给古成龙，古成龙赶到小红住处时，屋里只有她和小云，两人生命危在旦夕。

该片以诗圣杜甫创作凤凰台为引，讲述了三位甘肃成县人士回乡参加乡贤大会时，揭开了一段深埋于记忆长河的往事。

　　Robbins is sentenced to prison for the assassination of his general officer, a prison you leave only when you die. Since nobody ever leaves the prison, nobody knows what the prison is like. The prison manager realizes this and buys himself an island playground called "Absolom," where the worst prisoners are free to create an isolated barbaric society, and where the strongest men rule...a living hell. Robbins is sent to Absolom after he almost kills the prison manager.

　　纵横江湖二十年的黑帮大佬任因久（梁家辉 饰）树敌无数，因此屡遭他人暗算，并得知有人要在24小时内取他性命。任因久即刻以“江湖告急”的名义，传令召开江湖大会，势必找出谁要害他。