Soviet defector Yakov Korolenko returns for some help in getting a visa to return to Russia to visit his sick mother, while sparks fly between Harry and a charming Soviet consul named Ludmila.

Harry becomes uncharacteristically glum and morose when an elderly judge dies after one of Harry's pranks. His friends urge him to respond when a new judge lays claim to Harry's crown as the "King of the Courtroom Cutups."