In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman\'s gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles\'s life is turned upside down as he\'s taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidently becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.