Robert Stevens robs the bank where he is employed, and through the efforts of Calvin Stedman, the prosecuting attorney, he is sentenced to six years' imprisonment. While in jail his wife dies and his little daughter, Agnes, is placed in a convent.

Lionel Barrymore
as Stephen Rodman / Robert Stevens

Claire McDowell
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman

Blanche Sweet
as Agnes Rodman - Stephen's Daughter

Gertrude Robinson
as Dora Prescott

Marshall Neilan
as Will Prescott

Frank Hall Crane
as Ned Seabury

Fred Hearn
as District Attorney Stedman

Fred Herzog
as Arnold Kirke - the Broker

Hattie Delaro
as Will and Dora's Mother

Frank Norcross
as Cohen