Raymond Ellis (Wilson) is a compulsive gambler and abandoned his family (wife Olivia Ellis (Nichols), son Jordan, and daughter Angie (Fields)) and heads to [[California]]. 7Seven years later, while in California, Ray finds out that his wife plans to remarry to Colonel Wallace Dickey, and that he has been declared legally dead. This prompts him to move back to Washington, D.C., where he tries to win back Olivia by proving he is a better husband, and a better father to his kids, and to prove that he is still alive. However, he now has to contend with his mother-in-law Luzelle (Helen Martin) and Olivia's soon to be husband Colonel Dickey.
