Vince is an ordinary truck driver who calls in for a drink at a night club where he is pestered by a woman. One of the men at the bar objects to Vince having anything to do with this woman and because of his injustice to her Vince starts a fight. Accidentally the man knocks his head on the wall and he dies.

Vince is sentenced to jail accused of manslaughter.

He finds that his mate in jail is Hunk Houghton who is an ex-western-cowboy singer who has a guitar. At first he is unsociable to Vince but as the days pass he allows Vince to play a few chords on his guitar and then he lets him sing accompanying himself on the guitar.

A few months later the jail gives a television spectacular in which the prisoners take part. Vince is one of the acts, the act that receives more attention than the rest of the others put together. Consequently sacks of fan mail arrive.

Hunk persuades them in the post office department to keep the fan mail secret, therefore Vince never gets to know about it. Hunk then draws up a contract which he asks Vince to sign. It says that when they leave prison they will become a double-act sharing the profits equally. Vince signs after considering it for he believes there is nothing to lose.

One day when they are in the dining room one of Vince's cell mates is complaining about the food and throws his meal across the room. The person it hits mistakes this action for an insult and a fight evolves. Vince is blamed for beginning it and is sent to be whipped.

Eventually the day comes when Vince is to be released and it is then that he realises the amount of mail his one appearance earned him. He finds himself a room to live in for the time being and attempts to sort through all the letters.

The next place he visits is a night club where he begins to talk to Peggy Van Alden who is an exploitation girl from a famous record company.

Because he is determined to become a singer he jumps up on the stage when the act has finished and sings. No-one is particularly interested and one man persists in laughing. He isn't particularly laughing at Vince but that is the way Vince sees it. He jumps off the stage and knocks the man out!

Peggy is interested tho', and she persuades him to make a tape. He does this and they all agree, even Vince, that if he wants to become a star he has got to pursue a different line of singing. So, he tries again. This time he puts all he has got into the song and the result pleases everyone. Peggy goes with Vince to try and persuade a recording manager to buy his tape and record it. At first he refused and then he accepts rather mysteriously. The record is released and Vince and Peggy rush to the nearest record store to listen to the disc in one of the booths. They were soon to be very let-down for the recording manager hadn't waxed Vince's version at all but had given the song to one of his well established stars-Mickey Alba. Seething with fury, Vince tells the double-crossing manager just what he thinks of him-with one of those famous right-handers!

Peggy and Vince decide the only thing to do is to start a company of their own. They do everything themselves including the wholesaling and the distribution.

It has become more and more apparent throughout the film that Peggy is in love with Vince. Her emotions reach a climax when she asks Vince one evening in his room if there is anything else besides money that interests him. He answers, "What else is there?"

Peggy arranges a party so that she can take Vince home to meet her parents. Other guests are invited but Vince doesn't like their attitude and he walks out. Peggy runs after him but he is determined not to go back.

Peggy doesn't see much of Vince after that for quite a long time and Vince looks as though he has practically forgotten her. His main interest being Shelley Wilson who is to play the part of his leading lady in a film.

By this time Hunk has been let out of jail and Vince has been forced to find him a spot in a T.V. spectacular in which he is starring. He doesn't really want to but, because of the contract, he can't really take back his word. However, the director of the show refuses to let Hunk appear and so he is kept on as Vince's personal assistant- receiving one tenth of all the profits.

One night, Hunk comes in determined to start a fight with Vince. Vince won't argue with him and then the deathly punch is released by Hunk. Vince has to have an operation and it's touch-and-go as to whether he will ever be able to sing again.

"Test day" comes and Vince is scared to try out his voice. After much persuasion Vince agrees to sing with only his pianist present. Everyone leaves the room until they hear those same mellow tones. The happy ending comes with Vince singing Young And Beautiful to Peggy.

(Movie overview by Elvis Monthly - Issue 71, December 1965)