A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.
Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life back together and deal with family problems.
Lucentio loves Bianca but cannot court her until her shrewish older sister Katherina marries. The eccentric Petruccio marries the reluctant Katherina and uses a number of tactics to render her an obedient wife.
A KGB spy in Los Angeles is recruited by a U.S. agent after being double-crossed by the KGB.