Three completely different stories are told through dance.
Gene Kelly
as Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
Igor Youskevitch
as The Lover / The Artist
Claire Sombert
as The Loved
Tamara Toumanova
as The Streetwalker
Diana Adams
as Hat Check Girl
Tommy Rall
as Flashy Boyfriend
Belita
as The Femme Fatale
David Paltenghi
as The Husband
Daphne Dale
as The Wife
Claude Bessy
as The Model
Irving Davies
as The Crooner in 'Ring Around the Rosy'
Carol Haney
as Scheherazade
