两位侦探为寻找一名叫“章鱼”的罪犯来到一座废弃的灯塔，结果真的遭遇了一只杀人大章鱼。由同名戏剧改编，该剧是对一出叫《大猩猩》的戏剧的恶搞，而后者又是对传统侦探悬疑类小说的恶搞。

Multi millinaire Ezra Ounce wants to start a campain against 'filthy' forms of entertainment, like Broadway-Shows. He comes to his relatives families and makes them members od his morale-boosting campain. But Jimmy, another relative is producing a show, starring Ezra's nice Barbara. But he had bad luck with his backer, this person has give him an invalid check. Another of his victims, the show-girl Mabel has the idea of blackmailing Horace, Barbaras father, whom she has met before in a slightly compromising situation to get the money.

卡洛尔伦巴德、凯弗朗西斯、贝蒂戴维斯、克劳黛考尔伯等人的NG镜头，珍贵又有趣。大家NG以后都蛮严肃的，不像现在笑得一塌糊涂，看来胶片矜贵啊~~~

Two fast-talking insurance salesmen — Wilbur Boswell and J. Addington Ganzy — help penniless socialite Mary Marsh to turn a dilapidated hotel, which was willed to her, into a thriving success. They soon run into trouble, however, in the form of two sets of rival gangsters who want to break into the hotel safe; also, Mary's mother, Rebecca Marsh, wants her to marry wealthy lawyer John Blackwell, although Mary has fallen in love with Wilbur. And while she takes an instant dislike to Wilbur, Rebecca falls for Ganzy. Adding to the complications is the fact that Blackwell is actually in league with the gangsters. The finale involves nighttime runarounds and a shoot-out in the hotel. During the pitched battle between the rival gangs and the police, Boswell and Ganzy save the jewels, after which Ganzy marries Rebecca, and then gives away Mary at her marriage to Wilbur.

1938 film by Michael Curtiz

Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.