Robert Burleigh was an actor.
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.
Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer's block, Zach slips in and out of casual relationships and one-night stands, while his drinking becomes more and more severe. With the help of a bartender and his therapist, Zach confronts his demons — women and alcohol.
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
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A bus arrives and a ragged stranger disembarks from the baggage compartment under the bus. This is the first of many little dishonest, but humorous, actions that eventually take him to a supermarket where he cleverly enjoys a very choice banquet without payment, and returns to his cozy baggage compartment to continue his journey.
