Young Jim takes over from his father, political boss Jim Gordon Sr. As ruthless and unfeeling as his dad, Young Jim blocks the efforts by a crusading newspaper to bring about reforms in the city's tenement district. But he comes to regret his intransigence when his father is ruined financially.
Lionel Barrymore
as Jim Gordon
Marguerite Skirvin
as Joan Madison
Franklyn Hanna
as Jim Gordon, Sr.
Edgar L. Davenport
as Henry Madison
John Smiley
as Benjamin Waters
Paul Lawrence
as Sidney Benson
James C. Malaidy
as Alec (the delegate)
Howard Truesdale
as Myles McColl
George Stevens
as Jerome Hendricks
Frank A. Lyons
as Frank Wagner
Myra Brooks
as Liza Poke
