In post-World War II New York City, aspiring saxophonist Jimmy Doyle (Robert De Niro) takes an orchestra gig to be with up-and-coming chanteuse Francine Evans (Liza Minnelli). They wed soon thereafter, but the stress of two artists struggling to succeed spells romantic disaster, and the marriage slowly disintegrates. Mary Kay Place and Lionel Stander co-star in director Martin Scorsese’s sparkling homage to the Big Band era.