In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Después de dejar las fuerzas armadas, George Harper (George Formby) regresa para dirigir el pub The Unicorn comenzando una feroz rivalidad con el pub The Lion al otro lado del río.
A finales de 1920, el diseñador de aviones R.J. Mitchell considera que ha llegado a la cima del éxito con su revolucionario mono-avión. Pero, un día en Alemania, poco después de que Hitler asumiera el poder (1933), se da cuenta de que es vital diseñar un nuevo avión de combate para garantizar la supervivencia de Gran Bretaña.
James Martin and Carol Wall have plans to elope, but a fight with her father's solicitor ends in murder committed by an unknown third-party, and Martin is hunted for the crime, knowing the solicitor was alive when he left him. Carol refuses to speak to him, and he escapes on a ship to South Africa. There, he is the victim of an accident that disfigures his face, and he returns to England to clear his name, believing he won't be recognized. Other than by everybody who knew him, it turns out.
