As described in a film magazine review,[3] spendthrift Montgomery Bixby's grandfather leaves him only a dollar in his will and fifty thousand dollars in cash to each citizen of the little town in which he lived. His sweetheart jilts him, as the whole town goes money mad. Crooks arrive to get in on the "clean-up." Monte decides to save the people in spite of themselves, and he enlists the aid of his grandfather's former secretary. He succeeds and then finds out that the will was only a hoax intended to teach him the value of money, and that a real inheritance is waiting for him.
^"Tried and Proven Pictures: The Clean Up". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York, NY: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 52. April 26, 1924. Retrieved November 22, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Bibliography
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
