In a short scene a mother explains to her children, Jenny and Billy, why they received war bonds as Christmas presents, even though the mother can afford to give them more expensive gifts. Davis then steps out of character and asks moviegoers to buy war bonds and stamps.
The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim "Pop" Helton (Cecil Kellaway) so involved and distracted that he forgets to pay the family's bills, nearly makes a shambles of a real estate deal his oldest daughter, Ethel (Helen Walker)is working on,almost wrecks her romance with Captain Tom Drayson (James Brown), and gets involved in a game with a pool shark in an effort to raise the remaining $75 of the $6,750 needed (that they didn't have) by the Wakefield Lodge to host the national convention of the Noblest Romans.
Ken (Roddy McDowall) é um menino muito sonhador. Ele acaba de voltar do colégio interno para o rancho de seus pais, que sobrevivem de valiosos cavalos. Só que o garoto traz uma notícia nada agradável: ele tirou notas baixas e vai ter que repetir a quinta série, para o desgosto de seu pai, Rob (Preston Foster). A mãe de Ken, Nell (Rita Johnson), consegue convencer Rob a deixar o menino escolher um cavalo para si, a fim de lhe dar um senso de responsabilidade. Ken então escolhe o cavalo que sempre sonhou: uma potra selvagem e arisca, a quem chama de Flicka, desagradando, novamente, o seu pai, já que ela é o animal mais selvagem de todo o rancho e muito difícil de ser domado.
A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his children have been told he's dead and his wife is in love with another man.
