Ernie Turner is released from a mental hospital and evicted from his apartment. Alienated and indifferent to life, he meets Donna, a beautiful young woman while wandering down the street. Donna takes pity on Ernie despite him being in a terminal state of confusion and the two become involved with each other. Later at a party, Ernie meets a former girlfriend, Gail, and the two resume their previous relationship. For Ernie life is a game, but as he moves between the two women, his fragile mental state declines and his imagined rejections drive him to fantastic and dangerous schemes 译文(2): 欧尼 · 特纳从精神病院出来后被赶出了公寓。他对生活感到疏远和漠不关心，在街上闲逛时遇到了唐娜，一个漂亮的年轻女人。唐娜同情厄尼，尽管他正处于一种极度困惑的状态，两人开始互相纠缠。后来在一个聚会上，厄尼遇到了前女友盖尔，两人恢复了他们以前的关系。对于厄尼来说，生活就是一场游戏，但是当他在两个女人之间移动时，他脆弱的精神状态下降，他想象中的拒绝驱使他进行奇妙而危险的计划