迪兹(加里·库珀 Gary Cooper 饰)是一位小有成就的商人,早已经衣食无忧的他希望能够从繁忙的事务中脱身,将时间更多的花费在自己的兴趣爱好之上。一笔价值两千万的巨额遗产从天而降落到了迪兹的头上,报社问询派来了记者芭比(琪恩·亚瑟 Jean Arthur 饰),希望她能够从迪兹的身上挖掘出一些吸引眼球的新闻。
Benjy Stone (Mark Linn-Baker) is the junior writer on a top-rated variety/comedy live television show, in the mid 1950's. Young Benjy has a crush on a coworker, K.C. Downing (Jessica Harper), but rather than asking her for a date, he routinely tries to get her to sleep with him.