 Harry Bannerman (Paul Newman), a Connecticut suburbanite who becomes involved in various shenanigans when his wife Grace Oglethorpe (Joanne Woodward) leads a protest movement against a secret army plan to set up a missile base in their community. Joan Collins plays femme fatale Angela Hoffa and Dwayne Hickman and Tuesday Weld sparkle as teenage sweethearts Grady Metcalf and Comfort Goodpasture.