The time is 1946, just after WW 2, and a teenager from the Midwest goes to New York to live with his aunt and uncle, both high-powered advertising executives. In no way can he envision the major theatrical career that he's destined for. He divides his time between the lavish apartment his relatives own in Manhattan and their country home in an exclusive community just outside town. It's here that he meets an Army veteran just returned from the war...