Gilbert Gunn directs this 1950s British comedy starring Guy Rolfe, Michael Hordern, Ronald Shiner and Lionel Jeffries. The officers on board HMS Scotia are quick to seize the opportunity for a party when they moor off the French Riviera. They have an excuse, too - Captain Robert Randall (Richard Coleman) has just become engaged to Jill Eaton (Mary Steele), who joins him on the ship to celebrate along with her friends Mary Carlton (Anne Kimbell) and Antoinette (Nadine Tallier). However, when a problem with the shore boat leads to the girls spending the night on the ship, the officers are forced to try and conceal their presence when the formidable Admiral Hewitt (Hordern) arrives to inspect the vessel. Chaos duly ensues...

A luckless choirmaster unwittingly causes local rivalries to bubble to the surface when he returns home to his Welsh roots. Accepting the post of choirmaster in the village where he grew up, Geraint Llewellyn (Clifford Evans) returns from London, and sets about planning the choir's latest production, Handel's 'Messiah'. But when it comes to choosing the soloist, Geraint's choice of Mrs. Davies (Betty Cooper) over the seasoned talents of resident leading lady Mrs Lloyd (Rachel Thomas) goes down like a lead balloon, instigating a split not only between the respective families, but between the village itself.