In the town of Kirkton, James Carson is involved in crime and is investigated by the Attorney-General, Howard Lawton.

A year later Peter finds Cherry selling flowers in a mountain tourist resort, trying to support her now-alcoholic father.

Carson dies of a heart attack and Cherry can marry Peter.

However a rich uncle of theirs died in Chile, enabling them to start a second movie.

[5] The film's interiors were shot at the McDonagh family home, Drummoyne House, Sydney, and the exteriors in the Burragorang Valley and the Bondi studios of Australasian Films, plus some shots done in Melbourne.