Summary
A suburban couple, Mr. and Mrs. King, are gripped by neighborhood anxiety over a recent spate of burglaries. Their hastily devised home security proves comically futile when the nimble thief, Al St. John, breaches their residence. Confronted amidst the domestic disarray, Charles King strikes an unusual bargain: he'll allow the burglar to escape unmolested, provided St. John adds a particularly hideous, wife-made coat to his ill-gotten gains. However, this seemingly clever divestment takes an absurd turn when King discovers the garment might possess an unexpected value, propelling him into a desperate, pajama-clad pursuit across Culver City, transforming a domestic nuisance into a city-wide farce of mistaken value and frantic retrieval.
Synopsis
Charles King and his wife are worried about a rash of burglaries in their neighborhood, but a homemade alarm is useless when Al St.John the burglar comes around. Smashing through the house, he's confronted by King, who lets him go if he'll include a terrible coat his wife made in his loot bag. When he realizes the coat may be valuable, he chases Al around Culver City in his pyjamas and bathrobe.
