Un insoportable cómico de club nocturno es reclutado por el ejército de

Estados Unidos cuando estalla la guerra de Corea. Cuando llega a su campamento, se enamora de una teniente y trata de seducirla. Cuando desaparece en su persecución, le condenan a treinta días de trabajos forzados, que le convierten en un hombre. Después, le mandan a ultramar, a los Servicios Especiales.

An obnoxious nightclub comedian at Ciro's is drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War. At his arrival at his basic training he meets a WAC Lieutenant and romantically pursues her. His activities irritate his drill sergeant and the entire army when he goes Absent without Official Leave for her. He is imprisoned and sentenced to thirty days hard labour that turns him into a soldier. At the end of the film he is shipped overseas to join the Special Services.