A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russians find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes). He accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And then discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying...

A young American accepts a bet to spend a night in a haunted house in Mayfair.

A hated country gentleman is murdered, and the inspector on the case takes the veiwer through his thoughts about the possible murderer and motives as he questions everyone concerned.

Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. Several of his victims first decide individually to kill him instead of paying, but fail in amusing ways. Then they find that to protect their various secrets they must now join forces for a rather different purpose...

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.

一个名作家临终前立下遗嘱，给每人留了五万英镑，但是他们在获得继承权前，必须亲自完成一项不寻常的任务，如不能完成，将失去遗产继承权。为了得到这笔巨额的遗产，这些亲属都各自做了遗嘱定下的好事。他们任何人质疑遗嘱，所有遗嘱将会被没收，于是四人想方设法完成任务，为了他们梦寐以求的五万英镑…… 本片被认为有着英国传统风格的喜剧片。故事在民间传说中就有，应该是源源流长的。属于惩恶扬善，教育醒世的类型。编剧和导演在构思上力求新颖，编导在表现各个继承人竭力去做对他们来说是难以做到的事情的过程中，穿插了许多就地取材产生的笑料。尽管头绪很多，但是故事条理线索仍较清楚。

The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of Serena McGluskey, as much a schemer as he is a cad. Led by Thady O'Heggarty, the villagers plot to drive Jasper away. They use the occasion of "O'Leary Night", when the ghost of the first O'Leary walks the halls, to create general chaos.