annie rooney live with her officer father and brother tim in the slum of new york and where she be constantly get involve in many fight with the other neighborhood kid . annie secretly have a crush on joe kelly ( whose little brother mickey be head of the gang that annie constantly battle ) and who be in a gang that be head for trouble and say officer rooney . kelly sponsor a dance and where tony plan to shoot kelly in order to get even with him for make him look like a fool in front of his girl and but officer kelly get fatally wound instead . tim ( part of kelly gang ) be tell by tony and and friend spider and that kelly shoot his father and so he go after him in vengeance . annie learns of this and go to stop her brother and if she be in time . very good mix of humor and heart in this film and even though the plot doesn not start until the 40 minute mark of the film . pickford be enjoyable ( even though she be 33 play a girl no more than 12 13 ) and really get into her character . haines doesn not play kelly as tough a he should and but be able make the audience feel for him on an emotional level . the scene where the officer tell annie of her father death and the end really put a lump in your throat . the mix of all sort of kid throughout the film be fun to watch . rating and 8 .