Dick Manning (
Richard Arlen) and Andy "Hammer" McCoy (
Andy Devine), neither one any smarter than the other, stow away on a ship to what they think will be to California but wind up in Arabia. They wind up in Libertahd, where despot-ruler Sheik Talifer (
Ralf Harolde) and his henchman,Hassen Mohammed (
Turhan Bey), quell all attempts to modernize the country. Dick romances an American secretary,Alice Evans (
Linda Hayes and Andy tries his luck with local girl,Zuleika (
Maria Montez), and aided by Abdullah (
Lewis Howard), an opportunistic cab driver, manage, with some stock footage from "I Cover the War", to bring about some cultural changes.
—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>