Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.
Bob Burns
as Lem Schofield
Susan Hayward
as Judith Schofield
Joseph Allen
as Clay Clinton
Elizabeth Patterson
as Aunt Tillie
Charles Bickford
as Shep Muir
Gene Lockhart
as J.T. Tapley
Kathleen Lockhart
as Mrs. Barker
Otto Hoffman
as Mr. Stoney
Clarence Kolb
as Jim Hanna
Paul Guilfoyle
as Jerry Peters
Fay Helm
as Tonia
Hattie Noel
as Druscilla
