Astronomer Bill Whitley is so preoccupied with the new comet he's discovered that his time at the observatory sometimes comes at the expense of his beautiful wife, Vicky. When the neglected spouse becomes influenced by an eccentric neighbor into believing in the power of astrology, she subscribes to a weekly horoscope from a phony seer, the appropriately named Margaret Sybill. When the beautiful Mrs. Whitley reads that a new dream man will be coming soon into her life, she assumes he's taken the form of Lloyd Hunter, a handsome and dashing foreign correspondent who doubles as the neighborhood air raid warden. A frantic Bill realizes that he's going to have to keep closer track of his earthbound heavenly body if he's going to keep the prediction from becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

　　An ambitious newspaper reporter (Dick Powell), eager to scoop the competition, wishes he could know the news before it happens. A mysterious old man (John Philliber) grants the reporter that power, even as he cautions against using it. Now able to predict the news 24 hours in advance, the reporter goes about scooping all the other papers, picking sure-fire winners at the race track, and enjoying life... until he learns -- in advance, of course -- of his own death. Our hero's problem: How can he keep the future from happening?(imdb)
　　主人公每天晚上都收到一份次日早上出版的报纸，他获悉自己在数小时内即将毙命，然而他却幸存下来了。（乔治·萨杜尔《世界电影史》）

　　故事发生在拥有着深厚历史的圣多明尼教堂之中，在这里执掌的，是名为基斯（巴里·菲茨杰拉德 Barry Fitzgerald 饰）的神父，基斯在这个职位上已经度过了四十五年的时光了。基斯年岁已高，思想早已经渐渐跟不上潮流，前来听他布道的信徒们越来越少，教堂很快就陷入了入不敷出的危机之中。
　　就在这个节骨眼上，一位名叫欧曼尼（平·克劳斯贝 Bing Crosby 饰）的年轻神父被教会派来此地协助基斯。对于这个活泼风趣的年轻人，固执老成的基斯当然是看着一百个不顺眼，然而，欧曼尼依旧我行我素，用他温暖随和的风格，让每一个人如沐春风。随着时间的推移，欧曼尼在潜移默化之中改变了基斯的想法，并且帮助教堂筹得了重建资金，拯救了这座古老的圣坛。

　　玛格丽特（弗吉尼亚·梅奥 Virginia Mayo 饰）是一名出身尊贵的公主，虽然过着衣食无忧富足奢侈的生活，但玛格丽特却并不感到快乐。因为她无法自由的去选择自己的感情，而是必须听从国王的安排。
　　一次偶然中，玛格丽特在一条商船上遇见了名为沙巴斯（鲍勃·霍普 Bob Hope 饰）的演员，此时，意外发生了。贪婪的铁驹船长（维克托·麦克拉格伦 Victor McLaglen 饰）劫持了商船，并且绑架了玛格丽特公主要求巨额赎金。为了救玛格丽特，沙巴斯不惜男扮女装，甚至嫁给了海盗羽毛头（沃尔特·布伦南 Walter Brennan 饰）。羽毛头早就不满铁驹船长的独裁统治，他命令沙巴斯去偷取藏宝图。