On the soundtrack, drummer Allan Ganley performs for Patrick McGoohan, who learned to play the drums for the film. Gene Kelly, her husband at the time, intervened to get her the part in Marty (1955) for which she earned an Academy Award nomination, but she eventually had to move to Europe to pursue her career. Betsy Blair, who plays Emily, also fell prey to the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. Screenwriter Paul Jarrico, who had been blacklisted, used the name Peter Achilles when the film was originally released, The Writers Guild of America West restored Jarrico's credit for this film and three others in 1998.
His plot exposed, Johnny runs out of the room. He never told the truth in his life.” When Rex mentions the tape, Benny makes Cass admit that he was talking about her on the tape, not Delia. Johnny's long-suffering wife, Emily, asks if he heard this from Johnny, protesting that “Johnny is a liar. In front of the whole party, he accuses them of infidelity. Rex tries to strangle Delia and assaults Cass, sending him over a balcony. Delia's performance of a song, rehearsed solely for the party, furthers Rex's suspicions that she is unhappy at home. He edits the material to distort the meaning. Johnny records a conversation between Cass and Benny, who are lovers, talks to Cass about how much he loves Benny, and tapes Delia promising Cass that she will get Rex to forgive him. Johnny's back-stabbing costs Cass his job, when he plies Cass-a recovered addict-with marijuana.
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Johnny begins a series of complex machinations, all designed to make Rex believe that Delia has been having an affair with Cass, the band's manager.
Music plays an important role in the film, as party guests take it in turn to join in, and we learn more about all the characters. Delia tells Johnny in no uncertain terms that she does not intend to resume her career. On the phone, Berger tells Johnny that Delia's presence is absolutely necessary. Johnny Cousin, a drummer with aspirations of starting his own band, has promised booking agent Lou Berger that Delia has come out of retirement and will resume performing, not with Rex but with Johnny. Musician Aurelius Rex and his wife Delia, a retired singer, are the recipients of a big, one-year wedding anniversary party in London thrown by a wealthy music promoter and jazz aficionado, Rod Hamilton, in a Thames-side warehouse he has remodeled to create a space for the kind of all-night sessions that can't be done in Mayfair.