1955年英国出品的一部半喜剧、半音乐剧,全英式英语对白。故事的冲突完全因为一只不同寻常的宠物--短吻鳄而起,英国人的幽默和夸张自此得以显露。而边唱边跳的音乐片形式似乎式借用了当时流行的美国歌舞片。当然,一个皆大欢喜的结局是必不可少的。Peter Weston is engaged to Vanessa Colebrook, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. On a journey home on a steamer he meets an old sea hand who shares with him how his wife won't let him keep his pet Daisy anymore. Weston offers him a kind ear and the sailor takes him for a kind man. When Weston wakes up later in the journey he finds that the sailor has left Daisy in his care. The problem is that Daisy is a middle sized alligator. Whilst trying to throw the beast overboard, he meets Moira who helps him out. He is desperate to see her again and uses the alligator as an excuse.