Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
A wealthy industrialist, planning to surprise his wife with a trip to Rio de Janeiro, instead secretly books passage on a cruise ship with his mistress. To cover his tracks, he tells his wife he's going on a business trip and sends his best friend in his place. However, his wife, suspecting infidelity, hires a private detective to follow her husband, and she ends up on the same ship, leading to a series of comedic mix-ups and romantic entanglements.
The film was a moderate success, praised for its energetic musical numbers and Doris Day's charming screen debut. While not considered a cinematic masterpiece, it was a crowd-pleasing musical comedy that helped establish Day as a rising star.
Google audience: Audiences appreciated the vibrant musical numbers and the energetic performances, particularly from Doris Day, finding it an enjoyable and lighthearted musical comedy.
This was Doris Day's film debut, and she was originally hired solely as a singer, but director Michael Curtiz was so impressed with her charisma that he expanded her role significantly.
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