British concert promoter Micky O'Neill (Adrian Dunbar) ends up in a jam when the man claiming to be Irish tenor Josef Locke -- who fled England 30 years ago to escape a tax evasion rap -- turns out to be an imposter. To redeem his reputation, Micky must find the real Locke (Ned Beatty) and persuade him to perform in a Liverpool nightclub. But with Locke facing arrest the moment he sets foot in England, coaxing him to return won't be easy.