Mountain boy Steve O'Mara, living in the Adirondack Mountains, who loves to fight, is taken in by a well-to-do family after the death of his foster father. Steve is attracted by a young girl, Barbara, who is visiting his family, but she is repelled by his violent behavior.

Alice Brady
as Barbara Allison

Jack Sherrill
as Steve O'Mara

Marie Wells
as Miriam

Eric Blind
as Caleb Hunter

Leo Gordon
as Archie Wickersham

George Kline
as Harrigan

Ted Dean
as Little Steve