Sheridan Whiteside, having dined at the home of the Stanleys, slips on their doorstep, breaking his hip.  A tumultuous six weeks of confinement follow.  The Stanley living room is monopolized by the irascible invalid; ex-convicts are invited to meals; and transatlantic calls bring a $784 phone bill.  When Maggie, his invaluable secretary, fall in love with the report, Bert Jefferson, Whiteside vows to break it up!