Son Eric Wright and Jacqueline fall in love and plan to marry, but the class conscious colonel's wife refuses to give her blessing.

Eric chases after her, but she's already found Frank, a likeable chap who discovers that Jacqueline is in reality a wealthy heiress.

In contemporary reviews, Kine Weekly called the film "a strong combination of robust box-office comedy with powerful radio and variety appeal.

[3] Monthly Film Bulletin said "Frank Randle wends his way through an impossible plot with his familiar brand of slap-stick comedy and usually manages to leave a trail of laughs behind him, particularly at the beginning, when he confuses the birth of Quads to his wife with the four puppies his son brings home.

"[5] Sky Movies gave it two out of five stars, concluding the film was "Only mild entertainment even when it was made and rather dated now";[2] The reviewer for TV Guide wrote: "It passes the time, but it's not especially memorable.