Stanley Duke placidly enters middle age. Nothing has bothered his comfortable life until, suddenly, his son Steve goes crazy. From then on, the women around Stanley harass him: Nowell, his first wife, tv actress and drama queen; his current wife, Susan, a reputed writer; Susan’s mother, a snob who treats him like an upstart; and Trish, a manipulative psychiatrist who blames Stanley for his son’s madness.