迪莉娅·佩莱蒂埃为一位想要继承人的有钱人生了一个孩子。她有了孩子，并把它交给她的“雇主”，但随后决定要回孩子。她雇了三个人来绑架孩子。这四个人躲在伯纳德·拉宾的房子里，他们认为他是一位核科学家，正在出差。然而，拉宾回来了，并与迪莉娅发生了浪漫关系。与此同时，她的三名绑架者在得知她想要的是孩子而不是她声称的赎金后，开始攻击她。
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.
Grayson's traveling carnival comes to Munich with acts that include high-dive artist Frank Collini and silent strongman Groppo. A local girl named Willi picks the pocket of Joe, who works for the carny, but she ends up being offered a job.
Joe makes romantic advances to Willi, who tries to resist him but can't. Collini asks if she would like to become a part of his act, which i...
