吉米·霍普正从欧洲返回美国。他的父母和一位多年未见的老女友莎莉正在码头等他。但是，由于一些不幸的巧合，他们弄错了彼此的身份，却在不知道的情况下相遇了。吉米决定他必须找到那个女孩。最后，在惹恼了一名警察和一大部分女性后，他发现她在做戒酒工作。为了引起她的注意，他穿得破破烂烂去见她。但是他的介绍方式引起了更多的混乱。

Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the dock. But, due to some unfortunate coincidences they are mistaken about the identity of each other, but meet unbeknownst to that fact. Jimmie decides that he has to find that girl. Finally, after having annoyed a policeman, and a great fraction of the female population, he finds her working as a temperance worker. To get her attention, he dresses up in rags to meet her. But his way of introduction causes more confusion.