Dame Elizabeth Taylor stars as Dr. Emily Loomis, a professor of ancient history at a small California college, who reluctantly agrees to rent a room in her house to one of the new students named Stewart Anderson (Joseph Bottoms). Both happen to be loners (she with a secret entertainment past, and he with a neglected childhood) and although they initially get on each others nerves, they eventually realize the rapport to help one another emerge from their emotional shells which leads to both of them having to rehearse with each other in order to perform in a live musical benefit for the college.
