Arthur Curtis is in his office, talking to his secretary, Sally, making a call. But the cry of "Cut!" shatters this image—Arthur Curtis is on a soundstage, surrounded by a film crew, his office merely a set. Everyone insists he's actually Gerald Raigan, a drunken, fading movie star playing the role of Arthur Curtis. There's no sign of Curtis' family, his house, even the street he lives on. Curtis is frantic to find some doorway to the life he remembers, to escape the nightmare existence...