St. Martin's Lane

Charles Staggers (Charles Laughton) is a London street performer, a "busker," with his partners, Arthur Smith (Gus McNaughton) and Gentry (Tyrone Guthrie) He protects Liberty, known as Libby (Vivien Leigh), a runaway and pickpocket, when she steals a gold cigarette case from successful song writer Harley Prentiss (Rex Harrison) He then takes her into their troupe, making their trio into a quartet. Libby's career is a big success; she is offered a Hollywood contract. Charles asks her for her autograph, but,