In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.

Two childhood friends grow up and go their separate ways--one a criminal and the other a parish priest. Rocky Sullivan returns to his old neighborhood to find his lawless life style idolized by the young hoodlums there. Jerry Connelly, the parish priest sees his hard work turn unavailing because of Rocky's corruptive influence.

A rousing musical depicting the life of George M. Cohan--playwright, entertainer, and composer.

Santa Fe trail: Tensions between the North and South are inflamed by abolitionist John Brown when he plans to raid the federal arsenal. Abilene town: A Kansas sheriff finds himself in the middle of the fight between homesteaders who want land boundaries and cattlemen who want to keep the range wide open.