"Glenn Ford's first try at light domestic comedy demonstrates that he has the touch" (The Motion Picture Guide) in the brisk and breezy Young Man with Ideas, costarring Ruth Roman. A shy Montana attorney who's never argued in court, Maxwell Webster (Ford) finally gets up the nerve to quit his firm and start over in Los Angeles. Moving into a "fast" neighborhood, Max is shocked to find his phone number once belonged to a bookie, and Max's wife (Roman) has accepted a bet. So when a gangster (Sheldon Leonard) demands the wager be honored and they both get thrown in the clink, Max has no choice but to try his own case and pray it won't be his last. - Lawyer with wife and family gets distracted.