John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.
Eleanor Boardman
as Mary Sims
James Murray
as John 'Johnny' Sims
Bert Roach
as Bert
Estelle Clark
as Jane
Daniel G. Tomlinson
as Jim
Dell Henderson
as Dick
Lucy Beaumont
as Mary's Mother
Freddie Burke Frederick
as John 'Junior' Sims
Alice Mildred Puter
as Sims Daughter
John D. Bloss
as Boy on Fence (uncredited)
Roy Bloss
as Boy on Fence (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
as John's Supervisor (uncredited)
