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.