Steve Cochran plays the slick, debonair owner of a notorious gossip magazine who is anxious to break a big scandal to reverse a recent decline in sales. He zeroes in on children's entertainer Van Johnson, a decent, stand-up guy who nonetheless has a secret in his past which would most likely end his suddenly flourishing television career if found out. Johnson can save himself a...
American military doctor Baxter Grant is stationed in West Berlin and accused of dealing drugs. He leaves his unit as a result to prove his innocence. Pursued by his troop as a deserter, he flees to his wife’s apartment. There he unexpectedly meets nightclub singer Lilli Hoffman and asks her for help. Leading actress Hildegard Knef (listed in the opening credits as Hildegarde N...
A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot manage to kidnap the U.S. President during a diplomatic visit to Toronto. With a nondescript armored truck, crudely yet somehow elaborately rigged with high explosives (and the President trapped inside), the two terrorists keep the Secret Service at bay until in the end, Assanti is ki...