In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their beloved son had died in his arms during a battle. The major then falls in love with the late soldier's sister and decides to accept a position in town as the new police commissioner.
George Bancroft
as Blake Greeson
Esther Ralston
as Louise Patterson
Warner Oland
as Sterky
Raymond Hatton
as Dogey Franks
Dorothy Revier
as Mayme
Morgan Farley
as Jerry Patterson
O. P. Heggie
as J.K. Patterson
Charles Sellon
as The Mayor
E.H. Calvert
as Major General
John Cromwell
as Mr. Jamieson
Ernie Adams
as Hood
Mischa Auer
as Hood