
Henpecked salesman Harry Saunders hates his job & is dreading the arrival of his fiftieth birthday He is resigned to a bleak future when a sudden & unpremeditated act of courage propels him into a succession of dangerous but ultimately life-changing situations After Harry foils a robbery he loses his job & allows himself to be drawn into dubious activities that he finds difficult to extricate himself from His marriage goes steadily downhill & he becomes a pariah in his own family When good things start happening to him Harry decides to confess what he has done with unexpected results