After her twenty-fifth wedding anniversary party ends in an ugly argument, Aggie Bruno declares that she is headed for Reno to file for divorce from her husband Joe, a Maine businessman. When she arrives in Reno, Aggie visits the law office of Wattles and Swift and is promised by Julius Swift, who specializes in representing women, an easy divorce. While Aggie arranges with Swift to be “caught” with a male co-respondent, Joe, who is also seeking a divorce, meets with Wattles and agrees to be “caught” with a female co-respondent. After Joe and Aggie leave the office, Swift is confronted by Nate Crosby, an Arizona gambler who wants to kill Wattles for having represented his wife in their divorce case. Swift covers for Wattles, but advises his colleague either to wear a bulletproof vest that night, or dress up like a woman and act as Joe’s co-respondent. The duo then is visited by Joe and Aggie’s daughters, Pansy and Prudence, who have driven from Maine to stop the Brunos’ divorce. While Swift and Wattles are comforting the sisters, their secretary bursts in and announces that rival divorce lawyers Jackson, Jackson, Jackson and Jackson have started a price war. To compete, Swift and Wattles lower their divorce rates, but then learn that one of the Jacksons has been appointed a judge. In the evening, Swift and Wattles transform their law offices into a casino and invite their clients and co-respondents there. Wattles, dressed in a revealing dress and blonde wig, sits with Joe, while Swift dines with Aggie. After dancing with Crosby and stealing his casino chips, Wattles performs a dance number with Swift. He then flirts with both Crosby and Joe, who has been spotted by Aggie, who is now dining with Judge Jackson. When Wattle’s wig catches on fire, however, his disguise is exposed, and he is pursued by Crosby. In spite of Crosby’s determined shooting, Wattles, who has put on his bulletproof vest, survives his foe’s murder attempts. Although fired by Aggie, Swift romances the outspoken Pansy, while Wattles and Prudence sing and dance together. At the trial, which is broadcast over the radio, Aggie and Joe state their grievances to Judge Jackson. When Swift asks Aggie to remember her honeymoon, however, she breaks down and embraces an equally unhappy Joe. Their job completed, Swift proposes to Pansy and Wattles proposes to Prudence. More on Wikipedia
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