Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become a governess to the seven young children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or merriment.

On Christmas Eve, a team of terrorists has seized a building in L.A. and taken hostages. A New York cop, in town to spend the holidays with his estranged wife, is the only hope for the people held by the cunning and savage criminals.

Army surgeons Hawkeye Pierce, Duke, and Trapper John shake things up at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. They try to escape the horrors of war with humor and a martini or two, much to the chagrin of Major Frank Burns.