A poor civil servant called Shaa'ban, who is in love with his mate Zeinab, gets convinced to take part in a fake plot made by a dead millionaire's family in order to claim his inheritance, as he is from the same hometown as the millionaire. The plot involves that Shaa'ban plays the role of one of the millionaire's close relatives named Farid. But they both don't know that the real Farid is returning to Egypt soon.
