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.

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.

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

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

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