Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

This movie tells the intersecting stories of various people connected to the music business in Nashville. Barbara Jean is the reigning queen of Nashville but is near collapse. Linnea and Delbert Reese have a shaky marriage and 2 deaf children. Opal is a British journalist touring the area. These and other stories come together in a dramatic climax.

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.