一个花钱不手软的上城区年轻富翁哈罗德，他喜欢上一位下城区女孩赫本，为了帮忙赫本招集更多人来到传道院，哈罗德在整座城市里到处惹麻烦，引起众人的追讨喊骂，一路追进传道院，正好员警巡逻经过，大伙就非常乖的唱圣歌，此举意外地掳获赫本的芳心。哈罗德上流的朋友看到他如此堕落要娶下城区的女子，于是在婚礼当天，他们计画将哈罗德绑走，并…

Seventy-two hours in the life of Indiana man Bud who inherits money and heads for New York City where his cousin Gibbony introduces him to chorus girl Vida for whom he falls. When a girl is killed by a drunk at a party in his hotel room, Bud is the chief suspect.