The Lives of Hamilton Fish is a film whose story is told through songs. Two men both named Hamilton Fish were pronounced dead on the front page of a Newspaper in 1936. One was a famous statesman and the other, a notorious cannibal.
A successful 'house tuner' in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.
After finding a gun on the beach, a young woman is caught up in a night of cascading misadventures as she teams up with her rich ex-boyfriend and his fianceÌe to return the gun to the Russian mob in exchange for her kidnapped dog.