The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
George Raft
as Joe "Spot" Ricardi
Joan Bennett
as Carol Van Dyke
Walter Connolly
as Daniel Van Dyke
Billie Burke
as Mrs. Daniel Van Dyke
Lloyd Nolan
as Tex
Wallace Ford
as "Fingers" Boston
James Blakeley
as Tony Van Dyke
Alan Mowbray
as Alan Bartlett
William Tannen
as Cesar
Donald Meek
as Uncle Wyndersham
Stanley Andrews
as Attorney Wyndersham
Frank Austin
as Railroad Attendant
