La industria de la moda y Paris son el escenario de una comedia en torno a la impresión, equivocada, de que Samantha Blake (Joanne Woodward) es una prostituta de lujo a la que tiene que entrevistar Steve Sherman (Paul Newman), un periodista que busca información de ese mundillo.
The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's commander is ordered to stop and pick up an underwater demolition team led by Lt. Hayes, whose mission is to locate and destroy a US submarine sunken in a lagoon off Bikini Atoll before the Japanese are able to raise it and capture the advanced radar system on board.