Henry plays matchmaker for Mr. Bradley (Vaughan Glaser), his principal and botany teacher at Central High, figuring that marital bliss might mellow the gruff educator and make it easier to get a passing grade and graduate. Bringing a woman into Bradley's life proves to be complicated, made more so by Mrs. Terwilliger (Barbara Jo Allen), a conniving spinster.[3]
The Owensboro Messenger called the film "fast-moving and laugh-provoking entertainment". Barbara Jo Allen (also called Vera Vague) "cavorts along with the Aldrich family to add to the merriment", the Kentucky newspaper said.[3]