Johnny Rutledge (William Holden) works for traveling snake oil salesman Professor Mordecai Ford. The professor gets imprisoned for thirty days. Rutledge intends to wait for his release. He encounters five young children living in a cabin with no parents. Rutledge and the kids pretend that he's their uncle. School teacher Prudence Millett takes an interest in him and the kids.
Stranger danger aside, this is a rather nice and sweet movie. The kids are cute. Even the con men are sweet. The one bad guy has a redemption story arc. It's all very sweet.
Stranger danger aside, this is a rather nice and sweet movie. The kids are cute. Even the con men are sweet. The one bad guy has a redemption story arc. It's all very sweet.