 Pop manager Johnny Jackson ducks and dives in the 1950 s Soho of coffee bars, strip clubs and clip joints. With singer Bert Rudge he realises he is on to a winner. Renaming him Bongo Herbert and trickily launching his career on network television, he seems to have hit the jackpot. But Johnny is both greedy and naive, and having a successful artiste is new to him. He is soon out of his depth, with only his stripper girlfriend Masie King always there with support.