Synopsis: As an elaborate joke, the wealthy Cecil Fox hires actor William McFly to play his personal assistant and invites three of his old flames, including Texan socialite Mrs. Lone-Star Crockett Sheridan, to visit him. Claiming to be on his deathbed, Fox has motives that remain unclear, and things take a surprising turn when one of the guests is found dead. As Inspector Rizzi investigates the crime, the plot of the mystery thickens.