[2] It stars Robert Beatty as Gulliver Shields, an Irish customs official who dreams of living on a South Sea island; particularly Rarotonga.

The orchestra plays Molly Malone as credits roll on a background of shamrocks telling the viewer that the setting is Ireland.

Gulliver Sheils has left his career with the Revenue Commissioners in Dublin due to receiving a small pension.

He spends every day but Sunday sitting at a park bench in St Stephen's Green hoping to help a fallen wealthy elderly person who will reward him with enough money to finance his one way trip to Rarotonga where he will spend the remainder of his days lolling about in the South Seas.

He reads a newspaper article about a car crash on Grafton Street; he realises that that location would give him a better opportunity for his scheme.

He resumes his stance on the steps of the bank on Grafton Street but is harassed due to his continual presence.

They meet a third time in a lawyers office when the man goes to bewail the loss of his wife: running away with his chauffeur.

[5] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The acting is good generally, but Stanley Holloway is more outstanding than most of the rest of the cast.

The rowdy carnival-fair scene rather spoils the film, and the young man's dream of the islands points a little to the ridiculous.