In return for a successful Wall Street profession, a determined young executive chooses a marriage without love and an empty personal life.
As his marriage falls apart, Alfred Eaton, a young businessman with ambition, rises to the top of New York's financial scene. At the point where he is about to realize his professional ambitions, he is forced to decide between business success and remaining married to the attractive but unfaithful Mary, or starting again with his true love, the significantly youthful Natalie.