Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.

• Republic Pictures
• Dane Clark
• Gail Russell
• Ethel Barrymore
• Allyn Joslyn
• Rex Ingram
• Harry Morgan
• David Street
• Selena Royle