Dorky executive Nelson Hibbert (Foley) gets passed over for a promotion after spending years angling for the job (including an engagement to one of his boss's daughters).

Chaotic events transpire and [1] what follows is a bizarre series of misadventures marked with slapstick routines and constant one-liners.

Nelson meets a narcoleptic farm girl named Lynn (Tilly) and falls in love with her, only for them both to end up as the killer's hostages.

It turns out that Ken Daly, who got the promotion, had the company president killed in order to gain the spot quickly.

Detective Arlen (Higgins) finally catches up with the killer and hostages, having halfheartedly pursued them while using the investigation as an excuse to spend police money on fancy dinners and broadway shows.