对婚姻怀有恐惧感的漫画家杰克．李蒙，在一场单身狂欢舞会中因为酒醉而糊里糊涂地娶了从蛋糕中跳出来娱乐宾客的金发美女维尔娜．丽丝。当他清醒过来之后，便想尽办法要摆脱这个妻子时，维尔娜．丽丝真的不见了，所有人都认为他就是凶手。

　　When William Gridley arrives from the US in London, he rents part of Carly Hardwicke's house from her and promptly begins to fall in love. Gridley doesn't know that many people think she killed her husband but his boss, the American ambassador, knows and doesn't take this "lapse of judgement" lightly. Since Carly is also American, Gridley saves his job by introducing her to the ambassador, who is promptly smitten and promises to help her. So when a Scotland Yard detective arrives, wanting to get to the truth one way or another, they say they'll help him. And then the comedic complications really begin.

罗伯特是一个美国画家，为实现理想，放弃美国的工作，到香港专心作画一年。他碰上了俏女苏丝，在接触过后得知她原来是酒店的交际花，但是接触到苏丝的内心世界后，深深地爱上她。虽然他得到银行家之女凯的青睐，仍坚持跟苏丝在一起，并终成眷属。