Odd little Western that gets off to a snappy start when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town's sheriff shoots the kid he's riding with, Dow clears his name and ends up as the new sheriff. He romances a Swedish woman and settles in to a peaceful life only to find that the boy has a few secrets …

小孤女海蒂被送去与隐世而居的祖父同住，当时祖父正因儿子离开他而感内心痛苦，可爱的海蒂很快就溶解了老人家冷酷的外表。不料邪恶的阿姨偷偷把海蒂带走，爷爷在千辛万苦之下终于跟孙女团圆。

孤儿海蒂（Shirley Temple 秀兰邓波 饰）和黛特阿姨（Mady Christians 饰）生活在一起，然而黛特不愿继续在照顾外甥女，于是千里迢迢将海蒂送到偏远的善终——海蒂爷爷（Jean Hersholt 饰）的隐居之处。因失去儿子而沉浸悲伤之中爷爷阿道夫起初无视这个从未见过面的孙女，但随着时间推移，祖孙俩的感情日益加深。但是贪婪的黛特再次返回，骗走海…