Un periodista es despedido de su trabajo por haber dejado escapar una gran noticia. Se va a Washington a ver a la directora del sindicato de prensa en busca de consuelo. Los acontecimientos se precipitan cuando caen en sus manos unos documentos secretos: será acusado de varios crímenes por haberse implicado sin querer en un asunto de espionaje.

Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. When he gets a hot tip on some Nazi spies operating in Washington, D.C., he convinces Chris to help him break the story so he can get his job back. The pair soon find themselves in several awkward predicaments as they track the criminals down in a night club, a burlesque show, and face a final showdown at a beauty salon.