Although Kenneth Carmont and Esther Saunders, criminal Bert Saunders' sister, love each other, Esther marries detective Elwood Collins, who agrees to stop pursuing Bert if she accepts his proposal. One night, Kenneth and Esther hide Bert, who has escaped from the police. The same night, Kenneth's father is murdered. The evidence implicates Kenneth, who cannot supply his whereabouts at the time of the crime, as that would give away Bert. Esther cannot clear Kenneth for the same reason, and because it would let her husband know that she was with her former sweetheart.
Francelia Billington
as Esther Saunders
Jack Holt
as Kenneth Carmont
Mina Cunard
as Bertha Carmont (as Mina Jeffreys)
C. Norman Hammond
as Madison Carmont (as C. Norton Hammond)
Hector V. Sarno
as Simon Hathaway
Gilmore Hammond
as Elwood Collins
Florence Hale
as Mrs. Carmont (as Mrs. Jay Hunt)
William Musgrave
as Louis Dairymple (as W.F. Musgrave)
Paul Byron
as Bert Saunders
