The competitive pianist Marsha Gunn is introduced during a cocktail party to the hostess, Barbara Abbott - another pianist. Both discover that the two of them are interested in the same part in a European philharmonic. After the party, Marsha's car breaks down and she's forced to stay at Barbara's big country house. As the night goes on, the tension and competition between them rises to a point where both are willing to bring out the worst in themselves, to prove who is the best amongst them.