While his wife, Catherine (Valerie Hobson), is finalizing their divorce, serial philanderer Andre (Gerard Philipe) invites his latest conquest, Catherine's best friend, Patricia (Natasha Parry), over for dinner. Over the course of the evening, Andre shares his entire romantic history since first coming to London as a young man, including his liaisons with his former boss (Margaret Johnson), a marriage-minded young girl (Joan Greenwood) and a kindhearted Frenchwoman (Germaine Montero).