Lieut. Governor Oliver Barnitz accedes to the governorship when his predecessor, failing to call out the militia during a riot at the Wilmot plant, is shot and killed by terrorist Oliver Poole. Faced with the dilemma of whether or not to commute the assassin's death sentence, Barnitz falls into a troubled sleep and dreams of being forced to cast judgment on his father in a similar position.
Dorothy Davenport
as Ellen Wilmot
Charles Perley
as Oliver Barnitz
Harry Holden
as Jacob Wilmot
William V. Mong
as The Honorable Peter Barnitz
Alfred Hollingsworth
as David Houston
Forrest Seabury
as John
