After his release from prison, moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky along with notorious ex con goes with his father in a cottage in the Okefenokee Swamp. His bootlegging plans are cut short if a federal agent tells McKlusky that he'll shed custody of his 9-year-old daughter till he really can help bring local crime lord Bama McCall. McKlusky enlists the assistance of reporter Aggie Maybank and a local eccentrics to bring down the empire of McCall.