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Peter Appleton is an ambitious young screenwriter working for HHS Studios
during Hollywood`s Golden Age, 1951 in particular. `Ashes to Ashes` is about
to be released, and he`s dating the attractive movie star, Sandra Sinclair.
Just
when everything seems to be going his way, it is discovered he (unwittingly)
attended a Communist meeting during college when pulled there by his
girlfriend at the time, and thus heavy suspicion settles over him and he`ll
have to stand before Congress. Afraid of what might happen if they don`t,
HHS cancels Appleton`s contract and aborts the release date of the film.
Appleton promptly begins to wallow in self-pity and spends nearly an entire
night at a bar, then drives intoxicated through the streets of the California
course until plummeting into a stormy river and getting knocked
unconscious.
Washing up on the beaches of a small town called Lawson. Although the
people there are pleasant and likeable, the town is depressed and lifeless
due to having lost 62 of it`s sons in World War II. One of them, Luke Trimble,
was missing in action; and miraculously, Peter bears a striking resemblence
to the black and white photos, close enough to fool even Luke`s father,
Harry.
However, thanks to the blow to the head and the alcohol, Peter has suffered
amnesia and decides he must be who they think he is. Besides, it`s not a
bad life: Luke`s beautiful lover, lawyer Adele Stanton, is all over him, the
town has suddenly come back to life with excitement, and he and his `father`
rebuild a movie palace Harry used to run, the Majestic. Unfortunately, Peter`s
memory returns in time for G-men to track him down.