Tom is only a young boy when his dad dies on their subsistence farm. "Oh, God, why did my pa die?" he cries as he fights with his emotions. He struggles with this bitterness as he and his mom head west where he is badly beaten by an angry stepfather. Running away to find justice, and happiness apart from God, leads Tom to an outlaw that befriends him. The outlaw teaches him his philosophy; life is all about good or bad luck. Tom falls deeply in love with a beautiful Christian girl, Mandy, that wants her first kiss to be for her husband. But when she moves away unexpectedly, Tom returns to his...