A French sleeping-car attending with an eye for the ladies hooks up with a wealthy widow and they get married. What he doesn't know is that she married him because she wants to stay in France. Complications ensue.

After tricking him into marriage, a woman tries to win the love of her philandering husband.

A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely baroness, who knows all about get-rich-quick schemes.

“多年以后你跟她情深似海，会不会想到欠我一个未来。”
都说，前任最好是像死了一样，可是谁曾想死去的前任忽然回来了……
一个凉风习习的夏日夜晚，流行小说家查尔斯和妻子露丝在家里举办小型家宴。
一半为新书做研究，一半为给大家助兴取乐，他请来灵媒阿卡蒂夫人进行了一场招魂会，不料却召来了查尔斯早逝的前妻艾薇尔的灵魂。
妻子露丝对于丈夫声称看到前妻鬼魂的事儿，大为不爽。
当这位“二把刀”灵媒阿卡蒂夫人告诉查尔斯，她压根儿不知道怎么把艾薇儿这个逍遥的小魂儿给原路送回的时候，一场闹剧就此开始!
艾薇尔和露丝争风吃醋，查尔斯的生活鸡飞狗跳。
艾薇尔一心想把查尔斯据为己有。
谁知道好戏还在后头，一场荒唐闹剧，让人笑出眼泪心里还有一丝凉……
和许多考沃德的剧类似，《前任不敲门》讲述的是，夫妻被困在同一个空间之中，相爱相杀的故事。只不过这一次，现任前妻，阴阳相隔。