Bill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello, gang leader and racketeer, for murder. Ruth Dale, who loves Bill, is concerned when her brother, Johnny, who witnessed the murder, proposes to testify against the racketeer. Meanwhile, Captain Antrim informs Bill that his father has just been released from prison and does not know his son is a policeman. On the way from prison, O'Brien (J. P.) meets Limo, a former cockney pal who recognizes Bill and keeps J. P. from seeing his son; later, J. P. arrives intoxicated and is enraged, forcing Bill to knock him unconscious. J. P. is arrested for robbery but returns the loot to save his son from disgrace; Johnny is killed before testifying against Patello, who is released but confronted by J. P., who proves his guilt and, when he struggles with the police, kills him. Bill plans to resign, but confident of Ruth's love, he decides to remain on the force.
William Boyd
as Bill O'Brien
Ernest Torrence
as John Patrick O'Brien
Dorothy Sebastian
as Ruth Dale
Russell Gleason
as Johnny Dale
Clyde Cook
as Charlie "Limo" Lewis
Ralf Harolde
as Mike Patello
Arthur Housman
as Tony Zurick
Paul Hurst
as Captain Antrim
Tom Maloney
as Detective
Toyo Fujita
as Kono
Clarence Wilson
as Patello's Attorney
