After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.

Aline MacMahon
as Elizabeth Kalness

Guy Kibbee
as Herbert Kalness

Patricia Ellis
as Alice Kalness

Helen Lowell
as Martha

Phillip Reed
as Andrew Goodrich

Robert Barrat
as Jim

Henry O'Neill
as Goodrich Sr.

Marjorie Gateson
as Amy Godrich

Nella Walker
as Mrs. Goodrich

Junior Durkin
as Junior Kainess