يقضي رايان بينغهام ، خبير تقليص حجم الشركات ، حياته في الطائرات والمطارات والفنادق ، ولكن بينما هو على وشك الوصول إلى نقطة فارقة وهي عشرة ملايين ميل من أميال الطيران ، يلتقي بامرأة تجعله يعيد التفكير في حياته العابرة.

On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.

Two tramps hold up small-town Ferndale's railway station night operator Helen, lock her in a closet, and escape. Later, standing on a bridge over the freight yards, Helen sees the two bandits aboard an outgoing freight and drops onto the roof of the car from above as it crosses underneath. A chase along the roofs of the speeding cars ensues.

What happens when sleep becomes a luxury