Jenny Bowman (Garland) is a successful singer who, while on an engagement at the London Palladium, visits David Donne (Bogarde) to see her son Matt (Phillips) again. She spends a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had. When David returns renewed sparks ignite between the erstwhile lovers but when a bitter fight erupts between them, Matt must decide which of his parents is more deserving of his loyalties.