Esther Clay, wife of District Attorney John Clay and mother of attorney Bob Clay, is having an affair with Jack Keene. Scorned by him Esther kills Jack. Bob comes to her defense and confesses to the shooting. The father prosecutes the son who receives a life imprisonment sentence. Jack Keene's butler Druggett knows the truth and blackmails Esther. Bob's girlfriend Peg Harper summons John Clay to the scene...
Directed by Frank R. Strayer
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Cast

Edward Nugent
Bob Clay

Priscilla Dean
Esther Clay

Ann Christy
Peg Harper - Bob's Girlfriend

Robert Elliott
District Attorney John Manson Clay

Robert Ellis
Jack Keene - Man-about-Town

George Chesebro
Druggett - Blackmailing Butler
Vance Carroll
Reporter at Trial (uncredited)
Allan Cavan
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Stanley Mack
Reporter at Trial (uncredited)
Frank Meredith
Court Guard (uncredited)
Harold Nelson
Judge (uncredited)
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