杰布（罗伯特·米彻姆 Robert Mitchum 饰）从小就失去了父母，还陷入了父辈的恩怨情仇之中差一点就丢了性命。善良的麦多拉太太（朱迪丝·安德森 Judith Anderson 饰）救下了杰布，将他带回自己家中视如己出。麦多拉太太还有两个孩子索莉（特雷莎·怀特 Teresa Wright 饰）和亚当（约翰·罗德尼John Rodney 饰），杰布虽然同他们没有血缘关系，但是三个孩子再加上麦多...

Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Prof. McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of Judge Fost...