As her 25th anniversary approaches, Norma Michaels realizes that her marriage to her dentist husband Malcolm has become boring. Seeking independence, Norma turns to her friend Fay while Malcolm receives advice from his swinging associate Greg.
The mysterious Mrs. Eleanor Carter moves to Springville with her two teenage children Jimmy and Cathy. Eleanor makes friends with the town's social leader Mrs. Wellington, who supports her idea for a town youth center, and she is aided by Tom Griffith, the high school principal. At the town's annual picnic, to which Eleanor has bought a band, the town busy-body Eunice reveals what she had learned from Eleanor's past.
Following a live orchestra opening, emcee Eddie Garr greets the audience and tells them about his trip to Los Angeles, where out-of-work actors are always 'acting' while in their service-industry jobs. What follows is a cavalcade of wild and wacky performances.
Cine negro a cargo del realizador Irving Pichel con un atractivo reparto encabezado por Robert Young (que carga un tanto las tintas en su interpretación antipática) y la estupenda Susan Hayward. A partir de un juicio iniciado en contra de un hombre acusado del asesinato de la que fuera su amante, salen a relucir las infidelidades y los intereses económicos sobre los que descansa su matrimonio y que serán determinantes en su situación legal.
Un viajante de comercio que regresa de una fiesta, habiendo bebido unas copas, recoge a un autoestopista en la carretera. El joven no sabe que en realidad su pasajero es un delincuente muy peligroso que acaba de cometer un crimen.
An eight-year-old girl is an unwilling and disturbed witness of parental quarrels in her home, and when the parents finally secure a divorce, the judge decrees that the young girl live with her mother for eight months and her father the other four months. The divided life affects her both mentally and physically.
