Fred Z. Randall is a geeky spacecraft designer who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars.
Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Carl Nargle, Vermont's #1 public television painter, is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke - until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves.
A dealer in "outsider" art travels from Chicago to North Carolina to meet her new in-laws, challenging the equilibrium of this middle class Southern home.
Myrna Loy plays the wife of the persnickety father of her 12 children (Clifton Webb), who has uniquely humorous methods for dealing with the ordeals such an unwieldy family undoubtedly encounters.
Two men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.