Alan Barton has one successful Broadway play to his name.  Now, if he can write a hit movie script in just one week, he just might reignite the flames of his fame — and of his failed marriage to Hollywood starlet Sylvia Belmont.

His chances look good when he books a secluded cottage where he can focus on his writing and relax to the soothing sounds of the sea.  But eccentric landlady Mrs. Lombardo seems to suffer from memory loss and has triple-booked the bungalow!  The stonewalled scripter finds himself sharing the small space with a doddering auntie and her chatty teenage niece, as well as a secretive Russian woman “from Detroit” and her even more cryptic comrade, who dresses like a Cold War spy!  While the Russians lurk suspiciously, the niece proves to be most troublesome, introducing to the crowded house a biker gang and her boyfriend’s band!  Poor Alan is up to the gills in chaos…  and then his ex-wife Sylvia shows up!

But life is stranger than fiction, and just when Alan is about to lose hope on his script, he realizes the best stories are usually the true ones.