When young Robert Shannon is orphaned he leaves his home in Ireland and travels to Langford, Scotland, home of his maternal grandparents. Growing up in the home of his penny-pinching grandfather is made bearable by his doting but irresponsible great-grandfather, loving grandmother and kind aunt and uncle. After a rocky start in his new school Robbie adjusts and is befriended by Gavin and Allison, whom he grows to love as the years pass. As he matures into a young man Robbie's dreams turn to medicine and becoming a doctor. Supported by everyone in the family except his grandfather, he studies for a scholarship as a way to escape life toiling in the local boiler-works.

Starring:

Ada Adams, Allen D Sewall, Andy Clyde, Ashley Cowan, Beverly Tyler, Blanche Rose, Bobby Hale, Bonnie Henjum, Boyd Davis, Brandon Hurst, Charles Bates, Charles Coburn, Colin Kenny, David Bair, Dean Stockwell, Donald Kerr, Edgar Sherrod, Eilene Janssen, Eric Mayne, Forrester Harvey, Gabriel Canzona, Gary Gray, George Broughton, George McDonald, Gladys Coo

Genre:

Drama