Charlie is a factory worker frantically trying to keep up with tightening bolts. To add to his woes he becomes the guinea pig for an automatic feeding machine and goes mad. When he gets out of the mental hospital  he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again. This is only the beginning of his adventures for some of them he is joined by a young girl on the run from the juvenile authorities.