Husband and wife Bill and Bertie Austin and their daughter live in a low-rent apartment. He's a struggling writer, at least until agent Lucinda Ford breaks the news that she's sold his book to a publisher, including the rights to turn it into a Broadway play. A new house in Connecticut is the first way to celebrate. But during the long hours Bill is away working on the play, Bertie befriends hard-drinking neighbor Fran Cabrell and her boyfriend Wylie, who plant seeds of suspicion in Bertie's mind that Bill and his beautiful agent might be more than just business partners. Bertie jealously retaliates by flirting with Gar Aldrich, an actor who will be in her husband's play. Bill goes to Connecticut for a heart-to-heart talk, finds Gar there and punches him.
Janet Leigh
as Bertie Austin
Van Johnson
as Bill Austin
Shelley Winters
as Fran Cabrell
Martha Hyer
as Lucinda Ford
Ray Walston
as Wylie Driberg
Jeremy Slate
as Gar Aldrich
Claire Wilcox
as Julie Austin
Lee Patrick
as Mrs. Swanson
Dick Wessel
as Mr. Liberti
Dave Willock
as Dr. Leon Partridge DDS
Jack Carr
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
