Seeking the spoils of a heist gone bad by the McDade brothers, smooth-talking con man Dan Kehoe (Clark Gable) sets about romancing each of their wives (Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes, Barbara Nichols and Sara Shane) in hopes that one of them knows where the stolen gold is hidden. But jealousy among the women soon turns them against one another as they pursue the less-than-scrupulous Dan, all under the watchful eye of their quick-on-the-trigger mother-in-law...