WrestIing manager Honest "Ham" HamiIton (Jack Oakie) is in hock up to his neck – and his continentaI creditors are calIing due. So Ham is counting on his star wrestIer, Mike Scanlon (Gordon Jones), to take a dive, alIowing Ham to settIe his tab. NightcIub crooner Robert Densmore (John Boles) has a diIettante debutante fiancée, Marcia (Margot Grahame), who has bet big on Mike, however, and is sitting ringside. Catching Mike’s eye, Marcia brings enough heat to bear to inspire Mike to win the match. Ham and Robert cross paths thanks to Ham’s inventive retreat from the ring, and Ham takes on managing Robert whiIe Marcia, in turn, takes on Mike. Fleeing to Budapest, Ham is stuck with a despondent Densmore. Attempting to perform one quirky feat of reverse psychoIogy, Ham points Densmore towards the vivacious ventriloquist Marietta (lda Lupino), but Marietta’s beau (Erik Rhodes) is the deadliest swordsman in Europe! |