
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

Paul Muni
James Allen

Glenda Farrell
Marie Woods

Helen Vinson
Helen

Noel Francis
Linda

Preston Foster
Pete

Allen Jenkins
Barney Sykes

Berton Churchill
The Judge

Edward Ellis
Bomber Wells

David Landau
The Warden

Hale Hamilton
Rev. Allen

Sally Blane
Alice

Louise Carter
Mother
Everett Brown
Sebastian T. Yale - Strong Prisoner

Willard Robertson
Prison Board Chairman

Robert McWade
F.E. Ramsey

Robert Warwick
Fuller
William Le Maire
A Texan

Charles Middleton
Train Conductor (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe
Café Chateau Dancer (uncredited)

Wallis Clark
Chicago Lawyer (uncredited)
Mervyn LeRoy
Howard J. Green, Brown Holmes, Sheridan Gibney
Released