Tim spends some inheritance money that he received to purchase a racehorse named Little Aaron.

They find themselves trying to juggle the expectations of their division officer, the former owner of Little Aaron, a carhop named Miss Jane, some local mobsters and their fellow sailors, who all want a piece of the action.

In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic A. H. Weiler wrote: "The parlay of Groucho Marx, Marie Wilson, William Bendix, to say nothing of a horse-racing mix-up, the United States Navy and sabotage should have paid off in plenty of laughs.

But 'A Girl in Every Port' ... brimming with these ingredients, is merely an involved mélange of obvious antics and gags, only one or two of which are likely to generate chuckles.

"[1] Critic Mae Tinée of the Chicago Tribune wrote: "It is not customary to worry about plots in such films, but no one seems to have given this one even a passing thought.