Unable to find a job to pay their rent, Mr. Fields has Bud and Lou pass out handbills advertising his apartment house. Lou leaves them on a curb and Mr. Fields finds them in the trashcan. Lou brings out his tiny printing press to make more handbills. He and Bud pool their money to buy paper. Lou finds a check for 13 cents in his pocket from the IRS for a tax refund is actually $1,000,000.13. Bud and Lou go to the IRS office about the mistake. The clerk insists they don't make mistakes and privately isn't concerned about a million dollar mistake. Lou takes the check to the bank where Mr. Smith (Thurston Hall) insists on identification, comically requiring Lou to strip down to his underwear to show his laundry marks. The bank gives Lou the million dollars in 100 dollar bills. He falls under the eye of gangsters Spike (Benny Burt) and Lefty (Al Hill) who follow them home. Bud plots to carry a fake suitcase for the gangsters to take instead of the real one. Mike the Cop notifies Mr. Fields that he saw Bud and Lou leaving with a suitcase, owning six months back rent. They enter the apartment to uncover the real suitcase full of money beside Lou's printing press, concluding it is all counterfeit. Lou returns to the apartment to get his lucky rabbit foot, and picks up the real suitcase by mistake. The gangsters see through their plot, leading to a comical series of mishaps.
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