 Shortly before Christmas the pretty criminal Freddy finds after a shooting a hiding place at his friend Reverent Rehder, who harbor him in the bell tower of his church. Rehder s daughter, 17 year old Laura, discover him by chance. Freddy and Laura fall in love. Lauras father, torn between faith, moral, friendship and the love of a father, faces a hard decision, when he finds out, just on Christmas eve.