The Judge Steps Out.

A middle-aged judge, tired of his humdrum life, deserts the bench, Boston, and his family to become a short-order cook in a California cafe.

Thomas Bailey is bored with his job as a probate judge in Boston. He decides against a mother in a custody case in favor of the child’s more conservative grandfather. At home, he's a milquetoast to his self-centered and domineering wife Evelyn. After weeks of travelling across the country, he finds a job in California run by a woman called Peggy Ann Sothern. He and Peggy fall in love, but Peggy is rejected by the courts.