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Fate has thrown drifter and con man Bill Dancer and his ward — a sharp-witted, curly-haired orphan girl — into the heart of Chicago. This time luck smiles on Bill: his harmless scam takes them from a homeless shelter to a luxurious mansion. They stage Bill being hit by a car driven by a wealthy young woman. Frightened for Bill's life, she invites him and Sue to stay temporarily at her home...