Impoverished Broadway peddler 'Apple Annie' has a problem. Her daughter Louise educated abroad since infancy, is coming for a visit and bringing her wealthy finance with her. The problem is that Louise has believed all her life that Annie's a wealthy dowager, and the poor old woman doesn't know what to do! Enter 'Dave the Dude' a big-hearted racketeer - who enlists the aid of his colourful of hooligans in a wild and crazy scheme to pass Annie off as a high-society grande dame so Louise can marry her fairy-tale prince and everyone can live happily ever after!