 The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen s uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a nightclub that night, Gracie inadvertently links Bill to the murder of a thug after finding the dead body and Bill s cigarette case at the scene of the crime. While being questioned at the club, she meets Vance who s investigating the homicide. After Gracie s bungled attempts to solve the case, Vance decides it might be easier to have her working with him. Despite Gracie s "help," the two eventually find the real killer.