CHARLES, A SUCCESSFUL HOLLYWOOD ACTOR, IS MARRIED TO MARION WHO IS ABOUT TO LEAVE HIM. HE IS BEING PRESSURISED BY HIS STUDIO BOSS TO RENEW HIS CONTRACT FOR SEVEN YEARS, FOR WHICH HE IS NOT VERY KEEN. STARRING JACK PALANCE, ROD STEIGER, IDA LUPINO, WENDELL COREY, SHELLEY WINTERS.