AspirationsandthelivesofseveralpeopleworkingatthegiganticSeacoastNationalBankBuildinginterweaveinvariousplots.ThemostnotablecharacterisDavidDwight,thewomanizingbankownerwhokeepshisestrangedwifehappybypayingforherextravagantglobetrotting.Dwight'slongtimesecretarySarahyearnsforthemtodivorcesoheraffairwithhimcanbelegitimized.SarahshowshergoodsidebyplayingmothertotheyounginnocentLynnHarding,whosheemploysasanassistant.BeautifulMissHardingisrelentlesslypursuedbyextrovertedbanktellerTomSheppard,butheisfrustratedwhenDwightluresherawaywithpowerandwealth.ThenDwightruinseveryone'sfinancesinasuccessfulbidtogetfullcontrolofhisskyscraperbymanipulatingthecompany'sstockprice.Nowtheredoesn'tappeartobeanyonewhocanpreventthepowermongerfromtakingadvantageoftheingenueHarding-oristhere?