"In this suspenseful silent crime drama, a hijacker proves his loyalty to his mother by killing his biological father, a blackmailing gangster who has been threatening to destroy the mother's happy marriage to the governor."
Richard Barthelmess
as Nickie Elkins
Montagu Love
as Buck Gordon
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Jim Conley
Jay Eaton
as Tommy
Lina Basquette
as Dot
Thelma Todd
as Phyllis
Ed Brady
as Seth McMillan
Fred Warren
as Dave the Pianist
Alice Joyce
as Mrs. Bancroft
Will Walling
as Warden
Robert T. Haines
as Governor
Ernest Hilliard
as Craig
Émile Chautard
as Priest
Romaine Fielding
as Judge
Yola d'Avril
as Cabaret Girl
Corliss Palmer
Kay English
Cecil Brunner
Janice Peters
Ruth Lord
May Atwood
John Francis Dillon
Director
Henry Hobart
Producer
James T. O'Donohoe
Adaptation
Jack Dennis
Editor
John Hughes
Art Direction
Max Rée
Costume Design
H.H. Van Loan
Story
James Van Trees
Director of Photography