最近城里的屡屡发生珠宝劫案，警察们都束手无策。因为贼人的手法和以前闻名的大盗“黑猫”约翰（加里•格兰特 Cary Grant 饰）如出一辙，警察们找上了正在乡间别墅过着悠闲生活的约翰。约翰当然不会轻易就范，他摆脱了警察之后，开始调查到底是谁用他的手法屡屡作案。毫无头绪的约翰找到了以前的战友巴先生，却被巴先生餐馆里的人视作不速之客。幸好在侍者孚的女儿的帮助下，约翰来到了嘎纳海滩。在保险公司经理的帮助下，约翰展开了他的抓贼行动。
The plot of the movie revolves around a U.S. Marshal, on a snowy Christmas Eve, who seeks refuge from her judgmental family by immersing herself in work. However, her plans take an unexpected turn when she gets snowed in with an unlikely companion – a cheerful and heavily pregnant fugitive. To complicate matters, she finds herself tasked with keeping this soon-to-be mom safe from both labor pains and a merry band of bumbling goons led by a trio of hitmen who couldn’t find a reindeer in the North Pole.
