Synopsis (MAJOR spoilers!): A rich guy quits his job in his father's oil company and rides away in his car looking for a girl who will love him for what he is, rather than for his money. He meets a guy in a gas station who would give anything to be rich. They decide to swap identities. Then they check in at a fancy hotel; the faux-riche is lodged in the presidential suite while the faux-pauvre takes the place of the other guy as a waterskiing instructor. Also staying at the hotel is a boating champion who is the favorite in an upcoming boat race. The faux-pauvre decides to restore an old boat and participate in the race. When he was a chemicals researcher in his father's company, he developed a product to harden wood, which he intends to perfect and use on his boat's hull, in order to prevent it from collapsing under the water pressure, as had happened previously. Not only he wins the race, but he gets the girl too.
Appraisal: Romantic comedy with some moderately entertaining segments, like the waterskiing, the clambake, the boat race, and maybe others I can't recall. Its plot premise is not uninsteresting but the development is generally mediocre. The musical numbers are of varying quality; about one third is good, another third is fair and the rest is static and dull.
Rating: 39
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