Likable Jim Edwards moves to the suburban town of Fairview and purchases a run-down property at a bargain price through local Realtor Mary Higgins. Mary develops a fondness for Jim and he evokes sympathy from the townspeople because of his pronounced limp. However, his leg apparently heals after being repeatedly soaked in a mineral spring located on the property. When word of the "miracle" cure gets out, a bidding war for Jim's property begins between a group of local businessmen and two health resort developers from New York. Mary's life is endangered when she accidentally discovers that things are not always as they seem and that Jim and the "developers" are actually ruthless con artists who have set out to defraud the town.
—Sam Spear