Overview
A woman-hater who inherits a beauty salon gets a new perspective on females after capturing a gang of thieves.
Director and cast
- Ned Sparks as Jonathan B. Sweet
- Marjorie Weaver as Dime Pringle
- Ted North as Bertram Erasmus Dillsome
- Joan Davis as Dottie Nickerson
- Pierre Watkin as Middlesex
- Lenita Lane as Dorothy Sawter
- Richard Lane as Mr. Jackman
- Lotus Long as Ann Kuo
- Glenn Hunter as Rodney Blynn
- Lois Wilson as Mrs. Lloyd Kennar
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