Thefilmi*asedlooselyonthelifeoftheIrishTenor,JosefLocke(1917-1999),playedbyNedBeatty.Thefilm'*positionbeginsinLiverpool'sIrishcommunity,withMickyO'Neil(AdrianDunbar)runningHartley'sNightClub.Mickyisabitofarogue,andalthoughheconsidersNancyDoyle(TaraFitzgerald)hisgirlfriend,heseemsconflictedinsaying"Iloveyou".Followingadisastrouslovescene,whereNancybrieflyshowsusall,MickyattemptstowinNancybybookingaseriesofimpostors,includingFrancCinatra(JoeCuddy)andMrX(WilliamHootkins),aJosefLockeimpersonator--whotr*elsunderthe'X'sincetherealJosefLockeiswantedinEnglandfortaxevasion.WhenMickyfindsthatNancy'sMumCathleen(ShirleyAnnField)wasJosefLocke'sspecialgirlinthe1950's--hetriestohookthemup.Anotherdisastrouslovescene(nonudity),andMickyloseshisjob--vowingtofindtherealJoeandbringhimbacktoEnglandfromhi*ileinIrelandtoperformforCathleenandtherebytowinbackNancy.TherestofthefilmcoversMicky'ssearchinthebeautifulemeraldisle,withatriumphantfinalperformanceoftherealJoeattheabout-to-be-torn-downHartley's.ThetunesareclassicLocke,althoughsungbyVernonMidgley.(ThereisaCDofthesamenamewithoriginalJosefLocke'svoicewithrecordingsof25ofLockestandards).Theclosingminutesofthefilmh*ethebulldogpolicemanJimAbbott(D*idMcCallum)closinginonJoe--"Isitorisn'tit?"themottoofMr.X.beliestheendingwherethefinalscamplaysout.