Country boy (Lloyd Hughes) is bored with his bank job so mother (Claire McDowell) sends him to the city with the name of a man to contact for a job. He gets hired and becomes a "front man" for a vicious tycoon (Joseph Kilgour). But when he meets a girl (Betty Ross Clarke) she talks him into standing up for his principles and defy the tycoon.
At a party where they are about to bilk a rich man (Andrew Arbuckle) "from upstate" Hughes explains to the tycoon that he told the man's wife (Edith York) not to invest his money. The tycoon goes into a rage and tells Hughes exactly who he is (his son) and what his sweet old mother really is.
When a gun is produced, they fight for it and it goes off. Another woman (Betty Blythe) sees her meal ticket dead on the floor so she swears Hughes shot him. He's convicted on Blythe's evidence and sentenced to the electric chair.
McDowell races to the city and confronts Blythe, who's hard as nails. The two get into a cat fight with the rage of motherhood giving McDowell the upper hand. Blythe confesses and then it becomes a race against time and the elements to save her son.
With the district attorney, they race to the prison in the torrential rain ... in a convertible ... but can they get there in time?
Exciting and tense finale is somewhat ruined by a pukey tack-on showing "father time" and an angel reading a letter. Still, worth a look for top performances by Claire McDowell and Betty Blythe.
At a party where they are about to bilk a rich man (Andrew Arbuckle) "from upstate" Hughes explains to the tycoon that he told the man's wife (Edith York) not to invest his money. The tycoon goes into a rage and tells Hughes exactly who he is (his son) and what his sweet old mother really is.
When a gun is produced, they fight for it and it goes off. Another woman (Betty Blythe) sees her meal ticket dead on the floor so she swears Hughes shot him. He's convicted on Blythe's evidence and sentenced to the electric chair.
McDowell races to the city and confronts Blythe, who's hard as nails. The two get into a cat fight with the rage of motherhood giving McDowell the upper hand. Blythe confesses and then it becomes a race against time and the elements to save her son.
With the district attorney, they race to the prison in the torrential rain ... in a convertible ... but can they get there in time?
Exciting and tense finale is somewhat ruined by a pukey tack-on showing "father time" and an angel reading a letter. Still, worth a look for top performances by Claire McDowell and Betty Blythe.