Overview
Tim Clancy, an ex-convict, on the day of his release, returns home and is welcomed by his mother and sweetheart. He decides to turn over a new leaf. He applies and secures work at the Ganes shoe factory. Here he is recognized by a detective and when his record is made known to the management he is discharged. The inevitable follows.
Director and cast
- Lafe McKee as Mr. James Preston
- Lillian Leighton as Mrs. James Preston
- Vera Hamilton as Tim Clancey's Wife
- W.P. Foote as Tim Clancey - the Ex-Convict
- Frances Osman as Ivy Preston
- Lurice Woodburn as Mamie Miller
- Tommy Sheehan as Mugsy McQuirk
- Julia Griffin as Sally Fewer
- Mac Barnes as Big Bill Quinn
- Julius Frankenburg as Rollie Walsh
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