Summary
A bachelor shackled by the tick of an ancestral clock, Larry Gilmore hurtles through a carnival of matrimonial panic: a fortune blooms only if he weds before the chimes cease. Suitors swarm like starlings, their eyes glittering with fiduciary hunger; he ducks them by ducking into a cobalt police tunic, badge flashing like a talisman against cupidity. In a grease-scented diner he collides with Mollie Martin, a waitress whose smile carries the salt of the everyday; she stirs coffee, dreams, and—unaware of his looming millions—agrees to stitch her life to his. Jewel thieves, champagne mishaps, and a citywide scramble coil around the lovers until, with seconds hissing toward zero, vows are traded, cuffs snap shut on crooks, and love cashes the check destiny wrote.
Synopsis
Larry Gilmore must marry by a certain date to inherit a fortune. He is besieged by women anxious to assist in getting the money. To escape them, he gets a job as a police officer and dons a uniform. He falls in love with Mollie Martin, a waitress who does not know his identity but agrees to marry him. Before the ceremony several complications occur, and Larry rounds up a band of jewel thieves. A few seconds before the expiration date he marries and gets the fortune.
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