ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the merchant service and shipwrecked in the pacific. ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the merchant service and shipwrecked in the pacific. tired of being homeless and down on his luck, the incorrigible ben has taken a job as a stoker on a cruise ship. but his luck doesn't last long when they are all shipwrecked in the pacific. seen through ben's eyes, the uncharted island is a hive of cannibals, mumbo-jumbo, and gals who are more nearly naked than any he has ever seen. and every time he tries to bluff his way out of a situation, he just bluffs himself further in, somehow convincing the natives that he has god-like powers . . . brought back by popular demand after a gap of three years, ben the tramp's reappearance in little god ben transported his humour, charm and rare philosophy to a startlingly new setting in this quintessentially 1930s comedy thriller.