Frederick Irving Anderson

Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy), un agente inmobiliario adicto al trabajo, arrastra a su familia a la enorme y espantosa mansión Gracey con la intención de reconstruirla. Pero nada más llegar, se presentan ante la familia 999 macabros y burlones fantasmas que no están dispuestos a marcharse mientras no se terminen las obras. Jim se verá obligado a conjurar el maleficio y, al mismo tiempo, descubrirá cuánto le necesita su familia.

Reformed jewel-thief Sophie Lang, tired of being questioned by the New York City police every time a jewel disappears, decides to head for California only to get into more trouble.

In order to give up her life of crime and go straight, renowned jewel thief Sophie Lang fakes her own death and retires to London. She soon finds a job as a companion to a wealthy old lady who is also a jewel collector. One day her employer decides to take an ocean trip to the US, taking Sophie with her. She also takes along a $200,000 diamond, which she locks up in the ship's safe. Of course, the diamond is soon stolen from the safe. A reporter also happens to be aboard the ship, and he has had his suspicions about who Sophie really is. Sophie has to find the real thief and recover the jewel before the ship docks in New York, because an investigation could reveal her true identity.

Tras una prolongada estancia en Inglaterra, Sophie Lang, famosa ladrona de joyas, regresa a Estados Unidos. Un detective de la policía de Nueva York cree que puede apresarla si consigue que se enamore de un famoso ladrón de joyas que está viajando por el país bajo un nombre falso.