B-movie writer Peter Appleton loses his job after discovering that he has been blacklisted. Drunk and depressed one night, be winds up in a car accident which hurls him into the river below. The...

B-movie writer Peter Appleton loses his job after discovering that he has been blacklisted. Drunk and depressed one night, be winds up in a car accident which hurls him into the river below. The next morning he awakes in the small town of Lawson with a bad case of amnesia, where a man mistakingly takes him for the son he thought he'd lost in the war. long sumary Hollywood writer Peter Appleton seems to have it all...a B-movie under his belt, a great-looking girl, and a bright future ahead with the upcoming release of his masterpiece film. But all that changes when it's discovered that he's been blacklisted for unwittingly attending a communist meeting in college. Depressed and drunk from a night spent in a bar, he heads out into the night, only to face a horrific car crash which hurls him into a river and knocks him unconcious. He awakes the next morning in small town Lawson, unsure of his surroundings or his identity. Lawson has lost many young men to the war, and one of them, Luke Trimble, was reported missing in action. Luke's father, Harry, is struck by Peter's arrival, and mistakenly takes him for his own son. Peter can't remember anything, but tries to believe that he really is Luke Trimble. He begins to take on his life, complete with Luke's old lover Adele, who has been away studying to be a lawyer; and he sets about to help Harry re-build the old theater he lives above, "The Majestic", which was once the most magical place in all of Lawson. Contented with his life in Lawson, it's only a matter of time before Peter remembers his true identity, and has to face the accusations of communism against him, as well as the new relationships he's formed in the little town.