Ripping Yarns

A national hero, Gerald Whinfrey, turns down an assignment to research rumors that Germany has started World War I a year ahead of schedule. Instead he'd rather get the holiday in that he wants so badly. His destination is a tiny Cornish fishing village, where things aren't as they seem.

Gordon Ottershaw, Barnstoneworth's biggest and perhaps only football supporter, desperately hopes for one last victory for the team; before the grounds are sold to a scrap dealer. Gordon goes in search of former team members in hopes of getting that one last victory.

Roger and Miranda yearn to run away together and open a chemist's shop, but a native uprising interrupts their planned elopement.