A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.
Seeing a certain woman makes an airline pilot think he is a reincarnated World War I pilot.
