Determined to keep her young son from falling into the hands of his greedy paternal relatives, a young mother leaves him in the hands of pilot Chester Morris and child protection services representative Sally Eilers who initially battle (and try to outsmart each other) yet ultimately come together with the young kid's (Scotty Beckett) best interests at heart. They come across country bumpkin Henry Travers who helps them out, not realizing what at first he's getting himself into, but somehow hooked by Beckett's sweet smile and love for Travers' dog. The poor kid must disguise himself several ways (even dressing up as a little girl!), and even gets to hide in a hay wagon as a way of deceiving the distant relatives he wants no part of. All of this adventure is to get the kid to Mexico to be reunited safely with his mother, and that involves many seemingly silly adventures where Beckett ends up flying a plane, cars catch on fire, and worry over Travers' ailing pooch sends Beckett in girl's clothes (minus the bonnet he had on earlier) to the vet. This is a fast moving programmer that is entertaining, if completely far fetched, and features several eye rolling sequences, such as the sudden appearance of a black gospel choir straight out of "The Green Pastures" and the attempted disguise of Morris, Eilers and Beckett in extremely sloppy looking black face make-up.
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