This fast paced farce concerns a con artist (Eric) who lost his job two years ago, is afraid to tell his wife, and has been defrauding the welfare authorities with every possible trick and collecting thousands in welfare payments. One day Jenkins (a government employee) comes by to check up on how all these benefits can be paid to the same address. Then other government employees show up. Eric creates stories for his wife, the government workers and enlists help from his upstairs lodger, Norman, and his Uncle George to participate in his deceptions. There is cross dressing, a dead body, and mistaken identities. Nabbed in the end, Eric confesses and instead of jail time gets an offer from the government to work for them because he knows all the tricks!

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