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In this drama, a man is tried for participating in a fraud and ends up sentenced to serve a dozen years in prison. His does his time and then tries to return to his family. Unfortunately they are horribly ashamed of him and introduce him as their "Uncle Charles from South America." Later when his own son is framed by the crook who framed him, "Uncle Charles" goes to prison in his stead. There, away from snobbishness and social classes, he finds true happiness.