Chicago Calling.

Bill Cannon's drinking and seeming unwillingness to settle down in a job costs him his family. His wife, Mary, decides to move to her mother's in Baltimore, and is taking her and Bill's daughter, Nancy, with her. A young boy, Bobby Kimball, accidentally hits, but only slightly injures, Bill's dog with his bicycle. The two become friends and Bill learns that Bobby is being raised by an abusive sister, Babs, who intends to place him in an orphanage.