British comedy about a doctor who stumbles upon a shaman's weight-reducing potion while working at a mission in the South Seas. Realising the potential of the potion, he returns to England with the aim of making a fortune.
Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. Little do they know that the priest leads a double life. Then Madame Desiree and her “Birds of Paradise” arrive in the village
