David Dwight, the bank owner, has been keeping his wife happy by paying for her extravagant globetrotting. His long-time secretary, Sarah, yearns for them to divorce so she can legitimize her affair with him. Sarah, who shows her good side by playing mother to the young innocent Lynn Harding, is employed as an assistant. Beautiful Miss Harding is relentlessly pursued by extroverted bank teller Tom Sheppard, but he is frustrated when Dwight lures her away with power and wealth. Then Dwight ruins everyone's finances in a successful bid to get full control of his skyscraper by manipulating the company's stock price. Now there doesn't appear to be anyone who can prevent the power monger from taking advantage of the ingenue Harding.