World War II is raging on the Western front, and aspiring New York City actress Rosie Winter is struggling to make ends meet on the home front. Her boyfriend Jack hasn’t written in months, and she’s fearing the worst. She’s just been cast in a stage show she’s entirely unsuited for—and rehearsals are a disaster! And her friend Al, a mob enforcer who just can’t stay away from anything illegal, immoral, or in direct violation of the War Pricing Administration, has been arrested for the murder of his girlfriend, a successful young actress. But Rosie and her best friend Jayne know Al is innocent—he may make his living roughing people up, but he’s no killer. Jayne and Rosie owe Al big time for a favor he did for them, and now they’re determined to clear his name. Meanwhile, a group of wannabe starlets living in Rosie’s rooming house seem to be up to no good--how could impoverished actresses come home with hats, dresses, and pumps so expensive that Rosie couldn’t afford them even in her wildest dreams