In an empty theatre at the end of the pier the cast of the Fairbourne Follies gathers round the radio to hear Neville Chamberlain declare war on Germany. Four firm friends are forced to part. Rose the beautiful dancer must return to her family in London & the blitz leaving singer Richard to enlist in the army with their relationship still unresolved. Gay asthmatic Merry the musical director is destined for the army too while the object of his unrequited love charismatic magician Felix chooses the RAF. Before long Rose joins a group entertaining the troops in France. The Nazi war machine however is fast & merciless on the land & in the air & soon all of them find themselves in terrible danger. & as they are struck by the brutality of war they realise exactly who is most important to them & despite the odds & in terrible circumstances they determine to find each other again. With the threat of capture injury & death ever present the four of them will have to find reserves of courage love & endurance that they did not know they possessed.