Monty has a loving wife, two well turned out daughters, smokes, drinks, gambles and eats too much. So he leads a happy life. And it gets even better when he learns that a deceased mother-in-law has left the family a huge inheritance in the form of ten million dollars. But stupidly, according to the will, he still has to do something for it: He has to give up all his vices for a whole year, otherwise there will be no money. This throws Monty into all kinds of moral conflicts of conscience...