In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.
John Barrymore
as Vance
Virginia Weidler
as Joan
Katharine Alexander
as Miss Billow
Peter Holden
as Donald
Donald MacBride
as Iron Hat McCarthy
William Demarest
as Charles Dole
Elisabeth Risdon
as Phoebe Ainslee
Brandon Tynan
as Chester Ainslee
Granville Bates
as The Mayor
Luis Alberni
as Manos
Roy Gordon
as Byrne
Esther Dale
as Mrs. Markham
