South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by American Indians who are armed with rifles supplied by white traders.

斯卡特·斯威尼（Scat Sweeney）和热唇巴顿（Hot Lips Barton）是两位失业的音乐家，在马戏团的大顶部意外放火后，他们偷偷登上了一艘开往里约热内卢的船上。然后他们与一个潜在的自杀者露西亚混在一起，露西亚首先感谢他们，然后出人意料地将他们交给船长。当他们发现她被催眠，为了方便的婚姻，当船到达里约热内卢时，男孩们出现在仪式上，以阻止婚礼，并帮助抓住骗子。

A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.

In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant.