A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and three-time loser in marriage -- who, incredibly, turns out to be the ideal man!

A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.