Maintaining his innocence of the crime of murder for which he was sent to prison, Thad Terrill (
Jack La Rue) is released from the penitentiary after serving his term, and returns to the southern plantation of his brother Lance (
Robert Kellard). The latter's second wife, Margaret (
Marian Marsh), resents the presence of the ex-convict, but he remains as the hired hand on the farm and becomes the devoted friend of his brother's eight-year-old daughter, Betty Jean (
Mary Ruth). He helps the girl in rearing a sickly colt and transforming it into a record-breaking racehorse. Lance has promised to sell the horse to the ruthless Brawley ('John Holland (I))), owner of a racing stable.he insists on going through with the deal in spite of Betty's unhappiness.
—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>