Four diverse individuals in London team up to carry out a jewel heist, but their plans to deceive each other for the riches are further complicated by their attempts to deceive the proper barrister Archibald Leach. The film's directors, Charles Crichton and John Cleese, offer a clever and intricate storyline, with witty writing from Cleese and masterful acting from John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Kevin Kline.