A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite so. If he can just manage to avoid a certain very predatory woman.
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
as Ruth Earp
as Countess of Chell
as Nellie Cotterill
as Mr. Duncalf
as Mrs. Machin
as Mr. Calvert
as Mrs. Codleyn
as Police Superintendent
as Emery
as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
as Lord Mayor (uncredited)
as Widow Hullins (uncredited)
as Mr. Cotterill (uncredited)
as Cregeen (uncredited)
as Lord at the Liverpool Dock
as Bank Manager
as Denry as a Boy