It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

American teenager Jason is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema, particularly the kung fu classics. On finding an antique Chinese staff in a pawn shop - a weapon that turns out to belong to legendary sage and warrior the Monkey King - Jason, lost relic in hand, unexpectedly finds himself transported back to ancient China, where, with the help of his eclectic, but skilled, new friends, Lu Yan, Silent Monk and Golden Sparrow, he must overcome the many who wish to stop him returning the staff to its true find out more...