17岁的达芙妮(阿曼达•伯恩斯饰)自小与母亲利比(凯莉•普雷斯顿饰)生活在一起，从小开始她便希望她的每个生日都能有父亲的出现。开朗活泼的她看到传统的父女共舞这一环节便会深深的黯然下来。她决定，到英国寻找身份地位显赫的父亲——亨利爵士（科林•菲尔什饰）。当年父亲不爱爵位爱美人，遭到了家族的不满，母亲也在父亲助手的欺骗下离开了那座美丽的城堡。
寻找父亲的过程中，达芙妮也找到了自己的爱情。她的到来让父亲原本平静的参政生活带来了很多的冲击。她的到来威胁到了父亲的未婚妻及女儿的地位，就算她们想尽办法让达芙妮出糗，但她还是可以夺得最多的关注，成为焦点。为了父亲，她不得不改变自己的作风，她开始茫然了，男友也因为她的改变深感失望。
最后，她能否如愿与父亲一起跳舞，而她的爱情又会否归来呢？

Jimmy and Sheila Broadbent (Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall), welcome to London Jimmy's 17-year-old daughter, Jane (Sandra Dee). Jane is from Jimmy's first marriage to an American and has come to visit her father and the step-mother she has never met. While visiting Sheila has the idea of making Jane a debutante, an idea Jane resists. Difficulties range from Jane's apathy to being placed on the marriage block, the determined efforts of Sheila's cousin, Mabel Claremont, (Angela Lansbury) to win wealthy David Fenner (Peter Myers) for her debutante daughter Clarissa (Diane Clare), and Jane's attraction to David Parkson (John Saxon), an American drummer who plays in the orchestra at the coming-out balls.

In 1941, the British Admiralty is worried about the large number of Allied ships being destroyed in the Pacific Ocean by a mysterious enemy vessel. Initially, British Admiral Russell suspects that a German submarine is the culprit. However, the few revealed pieces of the mystery puzzle rather point to a German Navy surface warship.The British don't know it yet but the enemy ship in question is the German Navy raider Atlantis commanded by Captain Reger.His success in sneaking upon unsuspecting enemy vessels is due in large part on Atlantis' ability to disguise itself in a benign, non-combatant, neutral ship.To achieve this ruse, the Atlantis uses props, camouflage, paint, fake foreign flags and even theatrical costumes for its crew to make itself appear something it's not.When Atlantis is close to its prey, it reveals its true identity and opens fire sinking the duped victim. Finally realizing the truth, British Admiral Russell decides to set traps in order to persuade Atlantis to ... Written by nufs68