When school captain Roddy Berwick takes the blame for his friend’s scandal, he is expelled and disowned by his family. Cast out of his privileged world, Roddy drifts through a series of humiliations—from waiter to penniless actor to gigolo—descending ever further into ruin and self-disgust.

Ivor Novello
as Roddy Berwick

Ben Webster
as Dr. Dawson

Norman McKinnel
as Sir Thomas Berwick

Robin Irvine
as Tim Wakeley

Jerrold Robertshaw
as The Rev. Henry Wakeley

Sybil Rhoda
as Sybil Wakeley

Annette Benson
as Mabel

Lilian Braithwaite
as Lady Berwick

Isabel Jeans
as Julia

Ian Hunter
as Archie