A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime he lost touch with his family. When he saw what was happening it was already too late.
Spencer Tracy
as Tom Garner
Colleen Moore
as Sally Garner
Ralph Morgan
as Henry
Helen Vinson
as Eve Borden
Phillip Trent
as Tom Garner, Jr.
Henry Kolker
as Mr. Borden
Sarah Padden
as Henry's Wife
Billy O'Brien
as Tom as a Boy
Cullen Johnson
as Henry as a Boy
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Mulligan
Robert Warwick
as Edwards (uncredited)
Russell Simpson
as Professor (uncredited)
