This portrayal of small town life before the War is based on a small boys determination to get to see the circus, over all obstacles. Escaped lions, lightheaded blackmail of his father, and playfully planting stolen papers on his sisters boyfriend are all in a days work for little Henry Peck.
Jackie Coogan
as Henry Peck
Wheeler Oakman
as Dr. Jack Martin - the Man in the Case
Doris May
as Letty Peck - Henry's Sister
Raymond Hatton
as The Village Grocer
James Corrigan
as George W. Peck - Henry's Pa
Lillian Leighton
as Mrs. George W. Peck - Henry's Ma
Charles Hatton
as Buddy - Henry's Pal
K.T. Stevens
as Henry's Sweetheart
Dean Riesner
as
Robert Brower
as The Minister