Country music singer and songwriter Billy Boy Bodine (
Matt McCoy) cruises with his manager Cappy (
Claude Akins), who tries to come between Billy and adoring admirer Arlene Cort (
Leah Ayres), because Billy writes his best music when he's depressed. Shipboard neighbors Simon Ashford (
Farley Granger) and Valerie Frasier (
Terry Moore) are interior designers engaged in cutthroat competition to win the contract to redecorate the ship, and will stop at nothing to sabotage each other. Doc (
Bernie Kopell) enjoys a visit from his fraternity brother Buzz McLaine (
Roy Thinnes), who travels with his cousin Jim Dolan (
Michael McGrady). But things are not what they seem.
—Maisie Fleckum