Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a freight held up by a landslide, Dan offers the man a job; then he finds the man was a railroader, too, and takes him under his wing. Engaged to Mary, Dan doesn't notice the growing attraction between his protégé and his intended but focuses instead on running the railroad.
Louis Wolheim
as Dan Thorn
Robert Armstrong
as Larry Doyle
Jean Arthur
as Mary Ryan
Hugh Herbert
as Professor
Frank Sheridan
as Ed Ryan
Robert Edeson
as Tom Johnson
Alan Roscoe
as Jim
William P. Burt
as Chief Dispatcher
Jim Farley
as Joe Geraghty
James Donlan
as Picnic Barker (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Hobo (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Railroad Worker (uncredited)
