Sex, greed, money and power are all in a day's work for the American exiles in the film community in Rome.
Unknowns can become stars overnight, while wealthy men lose fortunes, and sexual prowess is always a way to get ahead.
Caught up in the explosive world of fame, glamour, money, drugs and orgies are wealthy businessmen, playboys, social climbers, gold-diggers, actors and actresses, movie moguls, agents, and more.
Rex Starr is a handsome actor used to playing the hero, who doesn't believe in love.
Ellen Watson is unhappy in her marriage to one of the world's wealthiest men.
Sandy Kantor is an agent who has seen everything and wishes to keep parts of his own past secret.
Dick Wynters is a professional stud whose sexual ability is a ticket to success.
All play and scheme in the swinging movie colony that makes up Rome, where they are all Magnificent Strangers.