Based
on
Truman
Capote's
novella
Breakfast
at
Tiffany's
opens
with
a
young
socialite
(Audrey
Hepburn)
shopping
at
Tiffany's
in
New
York
City
in
the
wee
hours
following
a
"date."
She's
secretly
a
call
girl
and
is
running
messages
for
the
mob
on
the
side
plus
she
has
a
past
life
as
a
housewife
who
abandoned
her
family.
She
meets
a
young
writer
(George
Pepard)
on
the
day
he
moves
into
her
apartment
building
and
discovers
he's
also
being
paid
for
services
by
a
wealthy
older
woman.
The
two
become
friends
as
they
search
for
their
true
identities.