An egotistical saxophonist and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, up-hill climb.
A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.
A young man struggles with the fact that his girlfriend was once raped.