Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?

Victor McLaglen
as Gypo Nolan

Heather Angel
as Mary McPhillip

Preston Foster
as Dan Gallagher

Margot Grahame
as Katie Madden

Wallace Ford
as Frankie McPhillip

Una O'Connor
as Mrs. McPhillip

J.M. Kerrigan
as Terry

Joe Sawyer
as Bartly Mulholland

Neil Fitzgerald
as Tommy Connor

Donald Meek
as Peter Mulligan