"When her brand-new husband, Ernie Holley (Joel McCrea), goes on the lam, thinking he has killed a guest at their wedding reception, Pearl (Barbara Stanwyck) heads to New Orleans to track him down in this exuberant showboat musical. John Cromwell directs this rousing adaptation of the comedic Harry Hamilton novel while Walter Brennan, Katherine DeMille, Victor Kilian, Tony Martin and Buddy Ebsen co-star."