An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.

An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.

An ex-con vows vengeance on the newspaper responsible for putting him behind bars, but has a change of heart when another racketeer threatens to bring the paper down..

Jim Gladden, a construction site foreman, is partially responsible for the accidental death of one of his workers, Fred Smith, and makes good on Fred's deathbed request to go to Scotch Valley and take care of his surviving wife and children. When Jim arrives in the small town, he is told that there are two Fred Smith families in Scotch Valley, the rich Smiths and the poor Smiths. Jim assumes that the Smiths he is looking for are the poor ones, and is directed to a house where four children live in poverty.

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley.