Reckless playboy Bob Merrick and the recently widowed Helen find themselves inextricably linked amid a series of increasingly wild twists, turns, trials and tribulations.
This heartbreakingly beautiful indictment of 1950s American mores documents the blossoming love between a well-off widow and her handsome and earthy younger gardener.
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.