Stage comedian Patrick O'Brien is fired from his job because of his drinking celebration of his son Jimmy, graduating from college. After the show he meets his son on a cabaret and there meets Abel Finklestein and his daughter Miriam, and the two fathers form a business alliance, suspected of being bootlegging. They are arrested but are released after it is found they were importing molasses--but Miriam must promise to marry Sam Berkowitz to secure the release. Jimmy and both fathers are unhappy with this turn of events.