Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a loud-mouthed yuppie associate, Graham unleashes his rage on an overly aggressive panhandler, who he accidently kills by pushing him into the path of an oncoming subway train. He re-thinks his problems with an entirely new solution. First, he arranges an "accident" for his annoying wife. Then he creates another "mishap" for his boss. It seems like the world is once more Graham's oyster…but a missing cigarette lighter and a prying police detective may change all that.

Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.

Tom Rath (Gregory Peck) je otec a manžel z předměstí, kterého pronásledují vzpomínky na druhou světovou válku, včetně válečného románku s italskou vesničankou Marií (Marisa Pavan), z něhož vzešel nemanželský syn, kterého nikdy neviděl. Na nátlak své nešťastné manželky (Jennifer Jones), aby si našel lépe placenou práci, začne Rath pracovat jako pracovník pro styk s veřejností pro prezidenta televizní sítě Ralpha Hopkinse (Fredric March). Tom je vtažen do jedovaté kancelářské politiky a zjistí, že si musí vybrat mezi kariérou a rodinou.

An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.

An adman and an adwoman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.