Without a job, a young man is given the opportunity to run his ill uncle's private-detective agency. He finds himself mixed up with everything from an unfaithful husband who is a secret nudist to a schoolteacher who believes his pupil's father is beating him.

A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.

'Poor lord tells future father-in-law that his ex-fiancée is his sister.' (British Film Catalogue)

Lady Torrent attempts to sell some of her best Parisian gowns to get back into her husband's good books. Confusion ensues following a misunderstanding over an advertisement.

Story of nephew's tribulations in conveying penguin to wealthy uncle's seaside home.