The American school in Crete is a specialist Summer School for girls where young gymnasts seek excellence against the backdrop of the splendid scenery and ancient mythology of the Greek Islands.

God (Robert Morley) may be the almighty but when his old enemy the Devil (Robert Helpmann) makes a collect call from down below his curiosity gets the better of him.

Set in the mid-1950's in Australia, Martin and Kearney are itinerant farm workers, close companions who follow seasonal employment around the outback. At the moment, work is none too plentiful and they have turned their hands to operating as skilled, if small-time confidence men.