An American actor, impersonating an English butler, is hired by a rich woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The complications increase when the town believes the actor/butler to be an earl and President Roosevelt decides to pay a visit.

Altman regresa a la exitosa fórmula de Nashville, usando un amplio y conocido reparto para una comedia dramática de diferentes historias y argumentos que componen un retrato de la América actual.

Sigue los pasos de una joven mujer que celebra una cena en una remota zona rural de Gales. Ninguno de los allí presentes es consciente de que están a punto de disfrutar de su última comida.

A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.

A Russian duke who's fallen on hard times tries to recover a stash of jewels hidden inside an armchair, but the chair gets sold at auction to a millionairess and he's forced to marry her in order to retrieve the treasure.