Set in the Elysian suburb of Valley Fields where the sixth Viscount Uffenham is lodging with his former butler while his ancestral mansion is let to an American millionaire, Something Fishy follows the romantic fortunes of Lord Uffenham's niece, Jane, her unspeakable fiance, and Bill Hollister, the dashing stranger who comes to her rescue. When all the characters find themselves involved in the fate of a million-pound fortune, the stage is set for a classic chain of comic muddles and misunderstandings which naturally result in Bill getting both the girl and the cash.