Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance. While working in the general store he learns that the owner has been cheating his tenants. He is in love with owner's daughter, Madge, but sides with the tenants in his threat to expose the planters and their cheating.
Directed byMichael Curtiz
Written byPaul Green (screen play), Harry Harrison Kroll (based on the novel by)
CountryUSA
Runtime78 min
On screen
Richard Barthelmess
Dorothy Jordan
Bette Davis
Hardie Albright