Poor Major Minor is disgraced and kicked out of the Adventurer's Club because he has never captured Snagglepuss. The Major decides to use Snag's passion for acting against him, and he mounts a road show, which fools the mountain lion. Successful at last, the Major drives his captive directly to the Adventurer's Club stage, but Snagglepuss outwits him when he asks permission to do a farewell performance.

Snafu writes to Sally that he is going to the South Pacific. The letter is censored and he unsuccessfully tries to mail an uncensored letter. On a Pacific island he dreams that he was successful but that the Japanese got the information and set a trap. He awakens and realizes the danger of revealing information.

While listening to a recording of Penny Serenade, Julie Gardiner Adams (Irene Dunne) begins reflecting on her past. She recalls her impulsive marriage to newspaper reporter Roger Adams (Cary Grant), which begins on a deliriously happy note but turns out to be fraught with tragedy.