Artist-turned-gallery owner Art Dodge has painted himself into a corner. When his wild scheme for selling his paintings backfires, he is forced to take flight from some vengeful patrons but gets involved in a tempestuous affair with a wild and possessive woman named Betty. Betty wants to land a husband but Art is smitten with her artistic and sensitive sister, Liz, who wants nothing to do with him. Inventing a twin brother, who embodies all the dreams Art left behind when he abandoned painting, Art engages in an increasingly complex series of farcical maneuvers to keep both identities alive and capture the heart of the woman he loves.