Some fast and intelligent talking carries this comedy forth as Cary Grant, suspected arsonist and confirmed anarchist, takes refuge in the rented home of a prominent judge (Ronald Colman). While the fugitive anonymously endeavors to convince the esteemed theorist of jurisprudence that the letter of the law may not be synonymous with justice, landlady Jean Arthur goes to great lengths--including sliding an egg over the morning headlines--to conceal his identity.