Fox-British Pictures

A corrupt bookmaker inherits a fortune by killing his step-daughter's husband and framing her lover.

British comedy crime film. Richard Fordyce released from prison after serving a sentence for counterfeiting of which he was innocent, determines to find out who framed him. He puts himself up for auction and is bought for £5 by Margaret Fenton whose husband happened to be the counterfeiter.

An elderly man assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process.