Harry Witherspoon is an unassuming English shoe salesman who is forced to take the embalmed body of his recently murdered uncle on vacation to Monte Carlo. If he succeeds in making it appear like his uncle is alive, he will inherit $6,000,000. If not, the money will go to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn... or his uncle's gun-toting ex!

Based on the novel 'The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo' by Michael Butterworth, 'Lucky Stiff' is a comedy murder mystery musical complete with mistaken identities, diamonds, and a corpse in a wheelchair.