A matinee idol, Johnny Tyronne, is kidnapped and swept into a plot to overthrow King Toranshah. He runs away and meets a princess with whom he falls in love. They join forces with a band of thieves, a dancing troupe, a pair of orphans and a 3-foot 9-inch rogue in order to save the day.

In his 15th film, the King plays dark-haired Air Force Lt. Josh Morgan and blond good ol' boy Jodie Tatum. On an assignment that's "like biting into a beehive," Josh wants to negotiate with the Tatums for military use of their Smoky Mountain homestead as a missile site. But Jodie is right wary of federal "revenooers" and of this lookalike who claims to be kin. Includes songs "Barefoot ballad," "[It's a] Long lonely highway," "Tender feeling," "Kissin'...