Katha Feffer

Pour redorer le blason de L'université de Lepetomane, Braverman son directeur engage quatre de ses cancres dans une compétition inter-universitaire de descente de rivière en canoë-kayak. Malgré les tricheries, les sabotages et les agressions des autre concurrent, Bob Gonzer, Max et Irwin réussiront à remporter la course.

Small town America, 1945. The boys are coming home, as is Clarence Laidlaw who served overseas in lieu of serving time in prison. Chaos and confusion greet Clarence upon his return - his pre-war moonshine activities and absence have embittered his teenage son, split apart his family, and alienated the small town. Moreover, his conniving sister-in-law conspires with the crooked sheriff to prevent a family reconciliation. In attempting to stabilize his family, and in seeking to punish the conspirator who brought him before the law, Clarence almost destroys both the town and his family. But sanity, love and music conquer all, and family and town are reunited.