"Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance."
Richard Barthelmess
as Marvin Blake
Dorothy Jordan
as Betty Wright
Bette Davis
as Madge Norwood
Hardie Albright
as Roland Neal
David Landau
as Tom Blake
Berton Churchill
as Lane Norwood
Dorothy Peterson
as Lilly Blake
Russell Simpson
as Uncle Joe
Tully Marshall
as Slick
Henry B. Walthall
as Eph Clinton
Edmund Breese
as Holmes Scott
John Marston
as Russell Carter
Erville Alderson
as Sock Fisher
William Le Maire
as Jake Fisher
Clarence Muse
as A Blind Negro
Frank Austin
as Tenant Farmer (uncredited)
Harry Cording
as Ross Clinton (uncredited)
Virginia Hammond
as Miriam Norwood (uncredited)
Florine McKinney
as Liza Blake (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
as Dance Floor Extra at Madge's Party (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
as Ezzy Daniels (uncredited)
Libby Taylor
as Norwood's Maid (uncredited)
Michael Curtiz
Director
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Esdras Hartley
Art Direction
Harry Harrison Kroll
Novel
Paul Green
Screenplay
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
George Amy
Editor
Barney McGill
Director of Photography
William Keighley
Assistant Director
Earl Sitar
Sound
Al Alleborn
William Forsyth
Casting Assistant
