- Rich Mr. Gideon has recently married for the sixth time, and has invited all his slightly flaky ex-wives to meet his new spouse. Then he gets murdered. Police charge the new Mrs. Gideon, and the Prestons defend her---in an unusual way.
- Rich Mr. Gideon has invited each of his money hungry ex-wives - all 5 of them - to a party for his new young wife. They arrive in a whirl at his home and discover a letter addressed to one of them with a $1,000 bill inside. This letter tells where the next letter is to be found, etc., etc. When a letter tells them to look in the wine closet, they discover the body of Mr. Gideon with a letter opener stuck in his chest. The newest Mrs. Gideon is arrested and charged with her husband's murder. It is determined that Mr. Gideon was murdered in his upstairs study and his body was dragged downstairs to the wine closet. One of the ex-wives is a statuesque beauty and a physical fitness enthusiast. Since she is the only one of the ex-wives strong enough to drag the body downstairs, she is an obvious suspect. The elder Preston - a widower - interviews the ex-wives and is immediately attracted to some of them. In a scene reminiscent of "The Thin Man" movies, the elder Preston gathers all of the ex-wives - plus the current wife and the District Attorney - together in the dead man's house. They play charades and write down who they think committed the murder. Preston then eliminates each of them except for one - the statuesque beauty. All of the rest could not have committed the crime because all of their time can be accounted for on the day of the murder except for 10 minutes - not enough time to kill Gideon, type the letters and drag the body downstairs. The prime suspect, however, refuses to take the fall and the truth comes out. They saw an item in a gossip column speculating that the new Mrs. Gideon was pregnant. Once the baby was born, he or she would get the bulk of the father's estate instead of the ex-wives. Knowing they had to ask fast, they hatched a plan to kill Mr. Gideon with each of them performing a part. The current Mrs. Gideon was taken to lunch and given a sleeping pill; the butler was taken away to help one of the ex-wives pack; Mr. Gideon was stabbed with a letter opener; the letters were typed up; the safe was opened and six $1,000 bills were removed; the letters were put in place; and the body was dragged downstairs and put in the wine closet. Each of the ex-wives performed a crucial task that took only minutes and allowed them to return without being missed. The District Attorney then called for a police wagon - a big one.
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