Saturday Keitth, a budding poet, is persuaded to become manager of the Pelican Pub, after complaining about the food and service. With the help of his friend Quentin Cotton, the pub does well and becomes very popular. A priceless jewelled gauntlet is discovered, and while wearing it, Joanna Benbow, a guest at an Elizabethan masque in the grounds of the pub, is kidnapped. All the guests rally to rescue her.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This film, the last to be made under the present Independent Frame system (in future relegated for use only in certain sequences of films where its limitations are less important), is technically more finished than its predecessors, chiefly because the system was not applied throughout production. But Eric Linklater's sophisticated novel of the thirties is hardly suitable for such naive direction and playing. Some may find compensation in Joyce Grenfell's sketch of the local historian."[3]
Picture Show wrote: "This adaptation of one of Eric Linklater's earlier novels suffers from far too much talk which slows down the action considerably.... Picturesquely staged and well acted."[4]
Picturegoer wrote: "In spite of the fact that direction is rather ragged, this adaptation of Eric Linklater's delightful novel is really good fun."[5]
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