- An amnesiac (James Garner) wanders the streets of Manhattan trying to figure out who he is.
- A man (James Garner) wearing an expensive gray suit finds himself in Central Park in New York City not knowing who he is or how he got there; he doesn't even know how he takes his coffee. All he has in his possession is a crumpled piece of paper wrapped around a couple of pills; scribbled on the paper is a phone number. He is also wearing a ring with a broken stone, engraved with the monogram G.V. monogram, G.V. The phone number takes him to a woman who doesn't know who he is. Based on what she calls him and some item association, he begins to call himself "Sam Buddwing" if anyone asks him. As he wanders New York City in a daze, he believes he could be an escaped mental patient based on a newspaper story, his clothes, and the monogrammed ring. But a vision of a young brunette makes him remember a woman named Grace. He manages to spend time with a few women during the day, believing that each one is Grace. Time with one that he knows is not Grace might provide the strongest trigger to remember who he and Grace are and why he was in Central Park in such a despondent state.—Huggo
- Edward Volner (James Garner) has a recurring nightmare that recalls three stages of his marriage. In his dream, he is an amnesiac who has several unlikely allies in his search for who he is. Dame Angela Lansbury and Jack Gilford portray unlikely benefactors, and a group of Washington Square denizens saves him from a beat cop. , as well as a group of Washington Square denizens who save him from a beat cop. Katharine Ross, Suzanne Pleshette, and Jean Simmons portray his wife during three stages of his marriage. This movie depicts social issues of the first half of the 1960s, including birth control, abortion, and police corruption. James Garner claims in his biography that this surreal film was the worst of his career. Its dark character study is definitely not your typical James Garner movie. Pay close attention to the opening shot and the closing shot, especially the final few seconds.—RJC
- A well-dressed man (James Garner) wakes up on a bench in New York City's Central Park, with no idea of who he is, or how he got there. All he can find in his pockets are a train schedule, a couple of drug capsules, and a piece of paper with a phone number on it. On his right hand: a ring with a cracked stone; engraved on the inside of the band is the inscription, "From G.V." Armed with these meager clues, the man, adopting the name "Sam Buddwing" (inspired by a passing Budweiser beer truck and a plane flying overhead), sets out to learn his true identity. Along the way, he encounters a variety of people, including three different women who all remind him of someone named "Grace" in different ways.—Eugene Kim <gene_kim@earthlink.net>
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