在这部情欲失格剧情/爱情片中,一九三五年美国波士顿一对上流社会的夫妇想要拥有孩子，可惜先生亚瑟（威廉赫特饰）不孕，太太艾琳娜（麦德琳史道威饰）建议老公不妨花钱找人让她怀孕。亚瑟同意了，于是在哈佛念法律的学生罗杰（尼尔派崔克哈里斯饰）雀屏中选。 刚从英国来到美国波士顿的麦克基隆神父（肯尼斯布莱纳饰），一心只想传递福音，刻意避开上流社会，不想与他们往来。然而，当亚瑟发现罗杰喜欢上艾琳娜，扬言要杀了罗杰时，无助的艾琳娜找他求助……没想到一向心海无波的神父，竟也爱上魅力无边的艾琳娜……
Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.
