Marlene Aames

A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life.

Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe. Today, Tom notices a woman named Kitty when she comes into Nick's, and he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a distraught young man repeatedly calls his girlfriend, begging her to marry him. Nick himself muses on all the various persons who come into his bar, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.

アメリカ中部の町に帰還した3人の復員兵。義手になったホーマーは家族の同情に傷つき、アルは銀行家としての豊かな生活に戻り、フレッドの新妻は家を出ていた。明暗が分かれる3人の運命が見事に描かれている。