Despite a title of the sort which usually forecasts another romantic comedy, this re-release tells admirably of Lord Nelson's simultaneous battles against various enemy navies and sundry social conventions. A little doctoring of the history books provided Alexander Korda with a vigorous tale about the intrigue between Nelson and Lady Hamilton, and Laurence Olivier then combined with Vivien Leigh in contributing the dramatic talent necessitated by such a plot.

After Miss Leigh has married the aging, art-loving Lord Hamilton, English ambassador to Naples, as a step on the social stairease to fame, the naval captain arrives in town to win her love shortly before he leaves to win Battle of the Nile. On his return, they begin to realize that their respective mates would be something less than overjoyed with divorces, but, after struggling with the matter for a few years, they take a house in England until he is called forth to Trafalgar and his death. While a few of the love-seenes suffer somewhat from Miss Leigh's overenthusiasm, Olivier rescues most of them with his usual fine performance.

Carefully avoiding an overabundance of sea seenes, the picture builds up gradually to the action at Trafalgar. These battle shots, however, lose some of their potential liveliness when the camera swings from fleet to fleet and gun to gun so often that the audience wonders at times just who the hell is taking the termite beating. Though the show cannot be recommended as a substitute for History 42 reading, it still unfolds its story neatly enough to warrant a couple of hours away from the books.