尽管从小就失去了母亲的呵护和关爱,但汤姆(路易斯·霍夫曼 Louis Hofmann 饰)还是长大成为了一个活泼伶俐的男孩。调皮的他无心上学,经常偷偷溜出学校,惹出一连串的麻烦。哈克贝利(莱昂·塞德尔 Leon Seidel 饰)是汤姆的朋友,一次偶然中,两人溜进墓地玩耍,却意外的目睹了一桩杀人事件。 害怕遭到凶手的报复,汤姆和哈克贝利决定踏上逃亡的旅途,一行人来到了一座荒岛之上,在此开始了惬意的生活。汤姆的家人以为汤姆已死,没想到他却在自己的葬礼上跳了出来,吓了大家一跳,之后汤姆道出了事情的原委,使得凶手最终被绳之以法。之后,汤姆和贝姬(Magali Greif 饰)在山洞里迷了路,却因祸得福的找到了宝藏。。在小镇上,一个年轻人游手好闲无所事事,于是他决定去纽约碰碰运气。影片讲述了1925年发生在美国西部牛仔的故事,风格搞笑幽默。
A young man who doesn't find a job in his small hometown, tries his luck in New York, but is overwelmed by the life of the city, so decides to try his luck somewhere else after a only a few minutes in New York. He falls off a train near a ranch, where he tries his luck as a cowbowy, being in his own way very sucessful. But he shows what he can do when the farm has to bring a 100 head of cattle to the slaughterhouses of Los Angeles to avoid going bankrupt, against the will of his neighbour who wants a better price. After a shoot-out with the neighbour's men he's the only person on a Los Angeles bound train with 1000 cows....。