When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo[展开全部]
WhenschoolteacherHarrietWinslowgoestoMexicototeach,sheiskidnappedbyGen.TomasArroyoandhisrevolutionaries.AnagingAmerican,Ambrose"OldGringo"BiercealsoinMexico,befriendsGen.ArroyoandmeetsHarriet.Bierceisafamouswriter,whoknowingthatheisdying,wishestokeephisidentitysecretsohecandeterminehisownfate.ThoughhelikesArroyo,BiercetriestoprovoketheGeneral'sangerwheneverpossibleinanattempttogethimselfkilled,thusavoidingsufferingthroughhisillness.WinslowisintriguedbybothBierceandArroyo,andthemenareinturnattractedtoher.ShebecomesromanticallyinvolvedwithArroyo.WhenWinslowlearnsofBierce'strueidentity(awriterwhoseworkshehaslovedandrespectedforyears),sheissinglemindedlydeterminedtofulfillhisdyingwish.[收起部分]