That night, as heavy rain falls, a mysterious young woman enters Bertie's London flat, carrying half of some secret plans.

The following morning, Bertie and Jeeves set out for Mooring Manor, where they must do battle with criminals posing as Scotland Yard detectives.

"[5] The New York Times praised the casting of Niven and Treacher, noting: "Mr Wodehouse must have been one of the fates in attendance at their births, marking them to play the characters he has been writing about these many years."

It was not screened in the UK because the British government at that time imposed a strict quota on imported films, which meant that B-movies were not shown.

He was particularly critical of the inclusion of black comedian Willie Best as Drowsy the hitch-hiking saxophonist, declaring his scenes represent "the worst type of Hollywood racial humor during the 1930s".

This was because Niven was at the time under contract to Samuel Goldwyn, who typically loaned him out only for a single picture, hence it would have been expensive and difficult to hire him for the sequel.