8-year-old Kevin McAllister is accidentally left behind when his
family takes off for a vacation in France over the holiday
season. Once he realizes they've left him home by himself, Kevin learns to fend
for himself, and eventually has to protect his house against bumbling burglars
Harry and Marv, who are planning to rob every house in Kevin's suburban Chicago
neighborhood. Kevin's mother Kate is frantic when she realizes that she and the
family have unintentionally left Kevin behind in Chicago, and she tries to make
it back to Chicago as fast as she can, getting help from a polka band leader
named Gus Polinski.
