在这部假绅士喜剧/剧情/爱情片中,不择手段的吉米是一家事务所的老板，专门在没有继承人的富翁意外死亡后去冒领遗产。吉米的前女友琼终于受不了他的低劣行径，离开吉米在他对手查尔斯的法律事务所工作。查尔斯仪表不凡，一副上流社会的做派，很得琼的心。吉米对琼依然心仪总想法争取她回心转意。吉米无意间发现查尔斯徒有其表，其实是个更虚伪的大骗子。
Unscrupulous investigator of lost heirs Jimmy Corrigan loses his love Joan Martin to apparently upright competitor James Wallingham. He counters by adding a veneer of respectability to his own operation. Meanwhile he exposes Wallingham for a fraud.
