Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business. Unfortunately, Eddie's mother has to die before the broker can collect the full value of the policy and the broker's gangster partner doesn't want to wait for nature to take its course.
Eddie Albert
as Edward 'Eddie' Barnes
Joan Leslie
as Mary Matthews
Jane Darwell
as Grandma Allen
Alan Hale
as Robert Barnes
Anthony Quinn
as Chic Collins
Frank Faylen
as Pick
Minna Gombell
as Ella Barnes
John Litel
as Tim Gordon
Nana Bryant
as Martha Matthews
Edward Brophy
as Rork
Vaughan Glaser
as Charles Matthews
Hobart Cavanaugh
as David Tipton
