A good lad named Jim Maclaine finally gets fed up of taking exams at school and helping out in his mother's shop, and runs away to the seaside to get the chance to lead his life how he wants to....

A good lad named Jim Maclaine finally gets fed up of taking exams at school and helping out in his mother's shop, and runs away to the seaside to get the chance to lead his life how he wants to. He gets a job at a holiday camp where he meets Mike Menary who teaches him all about life, girls, work, and the occasional scam. The sequal to the film was Stardust