Abandoned by his mother when he was a baby, Thomas Matthew, a young physically handicapped man, had an unhappy childhood with his alcoholic grandfather. Rejected by children of his age who refuse his friendship, he sinks into a solitary life with only his dreams as a comfort. Then he meets Sandra Sanders and falls in love with her, but he knows that it's a love that will never see the light of day. He sees his life turned upside down when he's unjustly...