本片根据同名音乐剧改编，以第一次世界大战期间，史密斯家庭为主线，描绘了前方士兵和后方人们的不同生活感受。影片中插入了许多流行歌曲，当时受到了许多人的欢迎。

Peter Clifford, a young Catholic priest from Manchester, is transferred to the village of Ballykissangel, Ireland, and is taken by the dry-humored publican Assumpta Fitzgerald who has almost the exact opposite of his goo…