Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass' Brad Criley. While quarreling the Judge tells Virginia to stay with Brad, but when she becomes sick he brings her home.
Spencer Tracy
as Cass Timberlane
Lana Turner
as Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
Rose Hobart
as Diantha Marl
Margaret Lindsay
as Chris Grau
John Alexander
as Dr. Roy Drover
Zachary Scott
as Bradd Criley
Tom Drake
as Jamie Wargate
Mary Astor
as Queenie Havock
Albert Dekker
as Boone Havock
John Litel
as Webb Wargate
Mona Barrie
as Avis Elderman
Josephine Hutchinson
as Lillian Drover