Jake er svindler på et højt plan. Det er netop lykkedes at snøre den intetanende Lionel Dolby for tusindevis af dollars. Det koster imidlertid Lionel Dolby livet og det viser sig at han var bogholder for den excentriske forbryderboss The King.

Jake tilbyder The King at gøre skaden god igen. Det skal ske ved at svindle en formue fra Morgan Price – en bankmand der er dybt involveret i organiseret kriminalitet. Price skal tørres ved hjælp af en indviklet plan og hér kommer den sexede lommetyv, Lily, på banen.

Da de mister deres pas, opfinder et mundhuggende radiohold falske reportager fra en kampzone, men løgnen bliver mere og mere kompliceret.

An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.

On an ocean voyage, a card shark and her father cheat a naive man out of his money. Things take a twist when the girl falls in love with the man she's just fleeced.

A fast-talking pitchman working the con-games on the streets, works himself up into an executive position of a large department store, with the aide of his shill, Mae. But the owner, Elmer Woods, of the department store has a blonde-beauty daughter, Peggy, who goes to work on him.