The tires of the baby-blue Cadillac Coupe de Ville convertible squeal down the New York street, and none of its occupants look back. The beautiful, but mercurial Ann Devereaux has just left her philandering husband Dan, a society bandleader, and taken to the road with her two teenage sons, George and Robbie in search of a wealthy replacement mate. Although it's 1953, Ann is certain that her girlish charms will serve her as well as they did two decades earlier.