The film is set in Wales and concerns itself with the arisocracy who are taxing to common people to ruin. Naturally, a certain member of said aristocracy (Paul Rhys) decided that all this is not on, chiefly because most of the money collected by the taxes etc is being spent on keeping Peter O'Toole drunk. So Paul Rhys dresses up as a woman, calls himself Rebecca, and leads the common people to victory over their masters.