A man courts a widow in order to inherit his aunt's fortune.

After saving Larry Barry, his upstairs neighbor, from a suicide leap, bumbling Hugo Twist learns that his wealthy aunt Elizabeth has just died. At the office of his lawyer, Freeda McCreery, Hugo is informed that, in order to inherit his aunt's $59 million fortune, he must marry a widow within three days or sacrifice the money to radio and nightclub performers Fred Carson and his band. As a favor, Larry offers to marry Rowena, Hugo's reluctant young fiancée and cousin, and then commit suicide so that Hugo may marry Rowena and satisfy all of the terms of Aunt Elizabeth's will. Although Larry pledges to keep his promise of suicide, he falls in love with Rowena, who has agreed to wed Hugo only to fulfill a family debt. Freeda, however, sees a chance to make extra profits for her company and, for a million dollar cut of the inheritance, tells Fred and his band about the will. Determined to keep Larry from killing himself, Fred and the band stay close by his side, while the ever clever Freeda, who is a widow herself, negotiates with Hawkins, Hugo's English valet, to convince Hugo to marry her. On the promise of $10,000, Hawkins places photographs of Freeda throughout Hugo's apartment and tells his employer that his conscience, filled with guilt at the prospect of marrying a woman half his age, is causing him to see apparitions. After Rowena and Larry declare their love for each other, Hugo marries Freeda and donates part of his inheritance to the band and to Rowena and Larry. At that moment, Aunt Elizabeth appears and announces that her death was only a ruse to keep Hugo from ruining Rowena's young life. Devastated, Fred tears up Hugo's check, while Freeda contemplates married life with the now poor Hugo.