Two young men are training for a rowing race on the Tiber. One of them, "Marco" is distracted by a new found love.

The plot concerns a songwriter, played by Jacques Sernas who leaves his sweetheart and publisher when he learns that he is going blind.

A cabaret singer, now a widow, is dethroned and expelled downstairs by a fiery rival.

A painter gives his daughter a television set for her 18th birthday. On the evening of the party, the family sits in the living room and watches a series of variety shows taken from the sets of theatrical performances and various films recited by the famous Totò,

While the husband watches a football match on TV, in the next room his wife is stabbed to death. A TV presenter decides to investigate the crime.