When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover. However, the raider soon becomes infatuated with her, and enjoys the legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Danny DeVito
• Gregory Peck
• Penelope Ann Miller
• Piper Laurie
• Dean Jones
• R. D. Call
• Mo Gaffney
• Bette Henritze