Winkle is reassigned to help the supply sergeant keep the books, as he did in civilian life, but he rebels and, with persistence and quiet determination, becomes a mechanic, something that gives him great satisfaction.

Amy and the head of the orphanage, Mr. McDavid, find him hitchhiking and bring him back.

The war hero returns to an enthusiastic welcome from his entire hometown and in particular from Amy and Barry, who show him a new shortcut they have made together to his repair shop.

New York Times critic Bosley Crowther described it as "sure-fire and timeless humor, a non-violent form of slapstick, and it fulfills the basic requirements of the entertainment film.

It does, that is, if you can reckon Mr. Robinson as a meek and modest man — a wishful characterization which this writer finds most hard to take.