ery , ▁Susan ▁Hay ward , ▁John ▁Pay ne ▁and ▁Aud rey ▁Tot ter . ▁ ▁Plot ▁In ▁a ▁hospital , ▁the atr ical ▁producer ▁Matt ▁Sax on ▁is ▁introduced ▁to ▁writer ▁Eric ▁Bus ch , ▁and ▁ends ▁up ▁offering ▁to ▁produce ▁Eric ' s ▁new ▁play ▁with ▁finan cing ▁from ▁million aire ▁Z ack ▁H umber . ▁ ▁Al ma ▁W rag g , ▁a ▁singer , ▁is ▁Sax on ' s ▁girl friend , ▁but ▁she ▁war ns ▁Eric ' s ▁wife ▁Jan et ▁about ▁the ▁producer ' s ▁not orious ▁" S ax on ▁charm " ▁that ▁co ax es ▁others ▁into ▁doing ▁his ▁b idd ing , ▁only ▁to ▁end ▁up ▁badly ▁for ▁everyone ▁involved . ▁Sure ▁enough , ▁Sax on ' s ▁behavior ▁soon ▁ru ins ▁Al ma ' s ▁night club ▁aud ition . ▁ ▁It ▁isn ' t ▁long ▁before ▁Sax on ▁makes ▁a ▁p est ▁of ▁himself , ▁interrupt ing ▁a ▁beach ▁vac ation ▁Eric ▁and ▁Jan et ▁take , ▁closing ▁the ▁show ▁after ▁a ▁poor ▁review , ▁then ▁persu ading ▁Eric ▁to ▁go ▁off ▁by ▁himself ▁to ▁do ▁re writ es . ▁Sax on ▁los es ▁the ▁financial ▁backing ▁of ▁H umber ▁so ▁he ▁works ▁on ▁his ▁ex - w ife ▁to ▁put ▁up ▁the ▁money , ▁not ▁knowing ▁she ▁is ▁broke . ▁ ▁Al ma ▁gets ▁a ▁chance ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁a ▁Hollywood ▁movie , ▁but ▁Sax on ▁inter fer es ▁with ▁that ▁as ▁well . ▁Jan et , ▁ups et ▁by ▁Eric