<p>The peace of Nettlebridge, a quiet English village in the fifties, is shattered by a chain of events.<br> Ten year old Charlie Blackmore, on the off chance, meets and makes friends with Marco, an egotistic gypsy boy, when trying to save a dog.<br> The sole witnesses of a violent robbery at a Colonel's Country House, the boys not wanting to be implicated leave the scene.<br> With the mysterious disappearance of George McDonald...