A destitute Alaskan travel agent with a deranged wife finds the answer to his financial problems in the form of a get rich quick scam involving a frozen body in the dumpster behind his office. Just a few things stand in his way – a determined insurance investigator, an irate sibling and two would be gangsters. 在这部黑色喜剧中，罗宾·威廉斯扮演一个阿拉斯加旅行社职员，他的妻子饱受身心失调的图雷特综合征困扰。他计划一次前往温暖地带的的长途旅行，心想会这会对妻子有所帮助。不过，不幸的是，他无法支付旅行的费用，于是打起了办公室后，拉圾箱内那具冻僵了的尸体的主意。他偷来尸体并假装是他很久不见的兄弟去领取保险金。事情进展的还算顺利，直到两个职业杀手出现，寻找他们的尸体。
