A family of six children are orphaned on Christmas Eve and struggle through a year without parental support.

Some unlucky accidents cause an innocent person to be convicted to jail time, and on release he can only find gainful employ in a criminal gang... but a little girl in a house he breaks into rehabilitates him with her innocence and simplicity. And stuff.

A villain hires a hired assassin, "The Machine Gun Man" for the kidnapping of two rich girls.