Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn’t able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.

Mabel, a mother and wife, is on the brink of insanity as her blue-collar husband Nick attempts to understand her plight.

Two closely bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.

An actress suffers an emotional uproar in her personal life after a fan dies trying to see her.

An old married man leaves his wife for a younger woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner.

Ghost is an idealogical musician who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself.