
“It happened in Climax, Nevada”
While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic's songwriting partner, Orville, offers Dino his home for overnight lodging and enlists a local waitress/call girl to pose as his wife in order to placate Dino's urges.
A hilariously bleak dive into desperation and bad decisions. This Billy Wilder gem is a cynical, laugh-out-loud look at flawed people trying to get ahead, with plenty of awkward encounters and biting wit.












