在这部Row Your Boat剧情/犯罪/爱情片中,Jamey（Jon饰演）因为反抗他种族主义的老板而失去了工作，只能流落街头，靠擦玻璃谋生。艰难的生活使Jamey误入歧途，帮人干起了偷抢的勾当。之后Jamey在当纽约市户口调查员时遇到了一个年轻美丽的中国女子春花，Jamey爱上了她。春花为了供养她的孩子而嫁给一个无情而富有的商人，她内心深处一直想回到中国，回到孩子的父亲（一个穷困的研究生）身边。Jamey通过和春花的接触了解了这一切。Jamey曾经的同伙为了敲诈春花富有的丈夫而绑架了春花的孩子。Jamey冒险从他的同伙那里偷回了孩子，当他们划着小船离开时，Jamey不幸失去了生命。临死前，Jamey把用自己所有积蓄换来的去北京的机票塞到孩子的衣服里。影片结尾，春花为她的孩子唱着Jamey最喜欢的那首儿歌《Row Your Boat》登上了飞机……
Jamey Meadows is a convict just released from prison, hoping to live a straight life on the outside. His brother tries to reenlist him into the crime world, but Jamey resists, getting a job as a census taker. Through this job he meets Chun Hua, a Chinese immigrant. Despite all of their problems, the two seem to fall in love, but their worlds insist on keeping them apart...
