Claudette Colbert stars as the frustrated wife of a struggling engineer Joel McCrea. Ina seeming amicable agreement she hops a train to Palm Beach where divorces come easy. Desperate to escape a group of obnoxious millionaires on the train to Florida she tries to hide out in a sleeping car where she meets one of the world's richest men who unbeknown to her is relentless in his attempt to romance her. Upon their arrival in Palm Beach she is met by her husband who has come to win her back. only to find her crazy sister (Mary Astor) is after him. The story of the foursome unfolds through intensely funny dialogue and flirtatious situations.