College student "Freckles" Winslow returns to Indiana to help a friend, Danny Doyle, who invested in a gold-finding machine and is struggling to make ends meet. Upon arrival, he meets a gangster, "Muggsy Dolan", who is hiding from a bank robbery and poses as Jack Leach. "Freckles" learns his father is facing financial difficulties due to a feud with the town banker, Hiram Potter. The gangster introduces "Freckles" to his friend, Nate Quigley, a financier who plans to steal the townspeople's subscription money for a highway project. The film features comedic relief from Laurence Criner and Mantan Moreland, who perform burlesque skits.
Freckles Comes Home
Johnny Downs returns home from college, only to be accused of murder by the sheriff and targeted by gangsters, while his girlfriend Gale Storm develops feelings for a charming con artist.
