Cheaper to Marry

In the bustling legal world of Knight and Tyler, junior partner Dick Tyler finds himself in an unenviable position: attempting to prevent his senior partner, Jim Tyler, from financial and professional ruin. Jim, consumed by an obsessive infatuation with the enigmatic socialite Evelyn, a woman whose beauty is matched only by her penchant for exorbitant spending, is hemorrhaging money. Dick's desperate plea to Jim is couched in the seemingly pragmatic argument that marriage, with its implied stability and defined costs, is a far more economical and sensible path than continuing to 'play the field' with a notorious gold-digger. As Evelyn's demands escalate, pushing the firm dangerously close to bankruptcy, Dick's counsel transforms from a mild suggestion into an urgent, last-ditch effort to salvage their shared future, highlighting the destructive power of unchecked desire against the backdrop of professional integrity and the perceived practicalities of matrimony in an era of burgeoning wealth.