Summary
Bobby is the quintessential 'useless' scion of wealth, a man whose only talent is spending his father’s dividends. Shirley, his pragmatic and exhausted love interest, isn't buying the playboy charm; she issues a cold ultimatum: find a job or lose the girl. In a fit of pique and rare initiative, Bobby ditches the family corporate ladder to climb the steps of a double-decker bus as a conductor. The narrative takes a sharp, jagged turn from class comedy into high-stakes thriller when Shirley’s baby—and by extension, the symbol of their future—is snatched by the predatory George. What follows is a frantic, vertical pursuit involving a nurse and a ladder that transforms Bobby from a bumbling bourgeois into a legitimate, if terrified, hero. It is a story about the violent collision of domestic duty and public service, culminating in a rooftop rescue that finally earns the approval of a hard-nosed patriarch.
Synopsis
Playboy Bobby is somewhat useless. Shirley refuses to marry him unless he gets a job. He leaves his father's business and becomes a bus conductor. Shirley has a baby, which is kidnapped by George (the villain), Bobby and the nurse (uncredited) pursue the kidnapper, and after some high ladder work, they rescue the baby, George is captured by the police and Bobby's father get to see his new grandson.