A hard-pressed college professor and his indomitable, nagging wife invite a couple to dinner, intending to probe their deepest, darkest secrets, but the evening soon descends into vicious verbal sparring. Oscar-winning psychological drama, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal and Sandy Dennis.

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.