Elton Gates, having served seven years for submitting to temptation with a bank's funds, is released. His uncle John sends him $500.00, with which to start life anew. He has hardly rested in a cheap lodging house when Detective Doolittle spies him and commences to make him an object of special scrutiny.
as Elton Gates - the Ex-Convict
as Detective Doolittle
as Helen Rugly - the Ex-Convict's Sweetheart
as Maley - the Prison Warden