Nancy Steele, pressured by her family to marry a wealthy but unsuitable older man before her sister Janet's wedding to the 'Ford heir,' defiantly declares she will find her own husband. Meanwhile, the Steele family is unaware that Janet's fiancé, Wesley Ford, is an impostor. The true heir, Samuel Sutton, is living in obscurity, fishing at the docks. As Nancy sets out on her search and the Ford family's investigator closes in, the stage is set for a collision between her urgent mission and the hidden truth about the fortune.