A debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai considers ways to pay off their crushing debt.

A murder case investigation connected to a theft of a painting by Francisco Goya sounds promising in case he receives the 10% of the insurance money to himself.

Now Charlie races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost Nazi gold, at the same time Juggling angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist.