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Always one step ahead of the law, McGonigle and Company arrive in a small town where they encounter Cleopatra Pepperday, a wealthy widow with acting ambitions (played by Jan Duggan, one of the funniest and most memorable of Fields's female foils) who bankrolls the struggling thespians in exchange for a part in the play; meanwhile, McGonigle's daughter (Judith Allen) is pursued romantically by a wealthy college student (Joe Morrison) and Fields gets the opportunity to show off his physical schtick with Duggan, Baby LeRoy and others.