寂寞孤心

Eager to land a journalistic position, Adam White goes to work as an advice-giving newspaper columnist. His editor, Shrike, takes pleasure in browbeating his alcoholic wife Florence for her past adultery, and assigning his employs journalistic jobs for which they have little aptitude or interest. Shrike goads Adam into mting one of his correspondents, Fay Doyle, a teary, self-pitying woman who makes a play for him. Adam is torn betwn his loyalty to the newspaper and his girl Justy.