A KGB spy in Los Angeles is recruited by a U.S. agent after being double-crossed by the KGB.

Lucentio loves Bianca but cannot court her until her shrewish older sister Katherina marries. The eccentric Petruccio marries the reluctant Katherina and uses a number of tactics to render her an obedient wife.

Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life back together and deal with family problems.

A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.