Henry Graham er en uforbederlig ungkarl, der er løbet tør for penge og uegnet til at forsørge sig selv. Hos sin rige onkel Harry er der ikke mere at hente, så han kommer til det resultat, at kun ved at gifte sig til penge kan han overleve. Han får et lån af sin onkel, som skal indfries i løbet af seks uger, med mindre han vitterlig finder sig en kone. Her kommer den sky og klodsede, men rige arving Henrietta ind i billedet.

An over-the-hill movie producer marries a wealthy, spiteful woman and closeted lesbian just to please his spoiled daughter who then, in an attempt to spite him, seduces both a wealthy playboy and a local screenwriter.

A trio of desperate men are forced to participate in a nightmarish game of blackjack for their souls. The circumstances behind how these fellows wound up in purgatory are revealed in three individual segments: Two vicious hoodlums break into the basement dwelling of an old hermit who isn't nearly as harmless as he appears to be; an unscrupulous entertainment lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he decides to steal several songs from a deceased blues singer; and a young ex-con agrees to help a scuzzy drug dealer rob a pharmaceutical lab in order to save his girlfriend from the clutches of said dope pusher.