- Mark MacLene owes the IRS, the banks, and others a lot of money. The problem is that his trust makes $1,000,000 a year, but he spends $150,000 every month. His trustee Sam uses the power of attorney and the spendthrift clause to hire frugal Lucille Duncan to manage Mark's finances. Presented with thousands of dollars for gifts and charges from the previous night, she immediately cancels his charge accounts and returns as many gifts as she can. Then she puts Mark on a allowance of $50 a week, which upsets him even more. To get rid of Lucy, Mark moves in with her and makes sure that her boyfriend Tom receives a huge raise, thinking that Tom will marry Lucy and free him from her tight control.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
- Judge Sam Coulter presides over an appeals case where young attorney Lucy Duncan fights not just for the principle but for the measly and complete $35 to which she feels her client is entitled. She is so inclined since she, as a working girl who is trying to save enough money to marry her fiancé Tom Winters, knows the value of hard work in earning money, almost to the exclusion of all else. Because of her bulldog nature, Judge Coulter hires her to administer the spendthrift clause of the trust of Mark MacLene IV, a wealthy but irresponsible playboy who owes $1.5 million to creditors and in back taxes, but has no concept of managing money, so is on the fast track to wiping out his entire trust because of his extravagant spending habits. Mark welcomes pretty Lucy into his life until he finds out what her role in it is. The more stringent Lucy becomes in managing Mark's money, the harder Mark pushes back, using his name and influence to keep his extravagant lifestyle--the name and influence which Lucy can't take away--which makes Lucy even more stringent in managing his affairs, and so on. Both use reverse psychology to try to get what they want. But in the process, they fall in love. The question becomes whether their love for each other can overcome their divergent views of how to live.—Huggo
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