1960s American musical starring Shirley MacLaine as dancer Charity Hope Valentine, a woman whose faith in the virtues of old-fashioned romance is knocked by a string of disastrous romances. Robbed of her earnings by her absconding boyfriend, she suffers further heartbreaks at the hands of Italian movie star Vittorio Vitale (Ricardo Montalban) and nervy insurance clerk Oscar Lindquist (John McMartin).