A dull statistician changes his life after winning a pile of money after successfully determining the number of beans in a barrel. He decides to do something novel with the prize and ends up buying a barrel factory. He encounters trouble when the nearby pickle factory is threatened by a shyster attempting to close it.

Stuart Erwin
as Oliver Boggs

Helen Chandler
as Oleander Tubbs

Toby Wing
as Irene Lee

Tully Marshall
as Morton Ross

Spencer Charters
as Angus Tubbs

Walter Byron
as Dennis Andrews

Harry Tyler
as Sam Mason

Milburn Stone
as Burns

Otto Hoffman
as Jenkins

Peter Potter
as Bob DeBrette