吉恩在妻子去世后想同加利福尼亚的一位女子佩吉结婚，但遭到父亲的强烈反对；后来母亲死了，吉恩想要父亲做一个看门的职业，也遭到父亲的反对；他又建议老父与他一道去加州，老父却坚持住在纽约。结果吉恩负气离家出走。本片反映了现实生涯中子女如何对待父母，尤其是孤寡老人的问题。另一方面也对社会上广为流传的“子恨父"，“父摆架子&…

Miss Paisley adopts a stray cat. She names him Stanley. Stanley sneaks into the room of the violent tempered Mr. Rinditch. He tells Miss Paisley to keep the cat out of his room, but she fails. The cat sneaks into his apartment and Rinditch kills it. When Miss Paisley finds out, she grabs a knife to kill Rinditch, but s…