Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale college. Over the four years of his college career he learns about football, love, and class prejudice.

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Ramon Novarro
• Madge Evans
• Una Merkel
• Ralph Graves
• John Arledge
• Frank Albertson
• Kane Richmond
• Martha Sleeper