由于天国信使的差错，拳击手乔·彭德尔顿在一场飞机事故中，灵魂被过早地抽离了身体。等他跟随信使来到天国时，发现是一场乌龙，终于得以重返人间，然而他的身体已经被火化了…Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?