米兰妮（蒂比·海德莉 Tippi Hedren 饰）是一个富家女，偶然在宠物店里遇见律师米契（罗德泰勒Rod Taylor 饰），二人萌生爱意。第二天米兰妮带着她的一对宠物鹦鹉到访米契居住的波德加湾小镇，却被一只海鸥袭击，当场受伤。然而谁也没料到，这次鸟袭击人的事件，只是鸟类大规模攻击人类的小序幕。米兰妮留在镇上疗伤，这里鸟语花香，生活本来平…

Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.