Celebrates Preston Tucker as the ultimate believer in the American dream. Tucker, builder of the 1948 Tucker Torpedo car, is a dynamic designer and an enthusiastic showman who envision the car of the future. Against mighty odds he manages to build a fleet of them, only to have his factory shut down by Detroit's other three automobile manufacturers.

Set in Miami Beach, the story is of a soft hearted but hardboiled widower, father of an eleven year old boy, who is considered by his stuffy brothers and sister-in-law to be a black sheep, ne'er-do-well. Faced with failure, the family tries to have the father hand over the son to thier care.