McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving.
Joel McCrea
as Joe Meadows
Andrea Leeds
as Helen Brown
Frank Jenks
as Frank Munson
Dorothea Kent
as Jean
Isabel Jeans
as Mrs. Merrivale
Virginia Grey
as Madge
Grant Mitchell
as Duke
Henry Mollison
as Dunham
Brandon Tynan
as Tad
Oscar O'Shea
as Captain Walters
Granville Bates
as Mr. Judd
Roger Davis
as Floorwalker