Depressed and suicidal, thirtysomething bachelor Duncan – determined to find the secret to a healthy, strong relationship, – flashes back to his last five relationships (in the last four years) and considers what caused each one to fail. Based on the novel 'Essays in Love' by Alain de Botton.

Former boxer Billy Sullivan as Tommy Oliver, a young fighter who joins a gang of crooks in order to save Marjorie Bonner, the innocent girlfriend of gang leader Johnny Sinclair.