在这部布鲁斯特的百万横财喜剧片中,导演沃尔特．希尔以《四十八小时》等警匪动作片闻名影坛，本片是他其它风格的尝试，在美国上映相当卖座。男主角理查德．普赖尔，十年前以《银星号大血案》成名，至今仍是美国首屈一指的黑人谐星。此片中他扮演一个二流棒球运动员蒙弟，当他最穷困潦倒时，舅父的三亿美元遗产从天而降，只要他在一个月内先将三千万美元花掉就可继承，于是种种五花八门的花钱方法陆续粉墨登场。本片的故事犹如一个现代童话，对现代人的金钱观念进行了嘲讽，其中最有意思的一段，是蒙弟一掷千金参加纽约州长竟选，但竟选标语却是“谁也不要选"，对金钱贿赂选举的丑恶现象讽刺鞭挞得淋漓尽致。
Brewster is a minor league baseball player. Unknown to him, he had a (recently deceased) rich relative. In order to test if Brewster knows the value of money, he is given the task of disposing of $30m in 30 days. Brewster isn't allowed to have any assets to show for the $30m or waste the money in any way. If successful, Brewster gets to inherit $300m. The biggest problem of all however, is that Brewster can't tell anyone what he's doing, so everyone thinks he's crazy. Add to this the fact that if he fails, two scheming trustees will get their hands on the money, Brewster's task is not an easy one.
与金钱有关，与友情有染。
