Harvey Grant

Planned kidnapping goes awry when gang leader falls for the victim.

Bob Merrick, un joven multimillonario, egoísta y engreído, sufre un accidente mientras conduce una lancha motora. En el hospital le aplican provisionalmente el pulmón artificial del doctor Phillips, pero desgraciadamente éste sufre un ataque repentino y muere. Su viuda Helen descubre entonces que está completamente arruinada, a pesar de que los honorarios que percibía su marido eran muy elevados. La razón es que él, sin que ella lo supiera, repartía el dinero, de manera anónima y altruista, entre los necesitados. A partir de ese momento, una serie de extrañas circunstancias mantendrán unidos a Helen y Bob, a pesar de tener caracteres muy distintos.

Saloon entertainer Vermilion O'Toole and her former partner in crime Newt Cole escape from a train ride to prison and hide out in logging town Timberline. Meanwhile, the three sons of widower Will Hall come to town in search of a wife for their dad. Vermilion needs to lay low to escape the marshal, so she accepts the boys' offer to visit pioneer community Pine Grove. Once there, she annoys local Mrs. Grundys but eventually starts to fit in.

New York reporter Bob MacAvoy is persuaded by pregnant wife Jane to buy a broken-down weekly newspaper in Eden, California. They have humorous problems with small town mores and eccentric citizens. But their schemes to increase circulation get them in over their heads.