
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.

as Peter McCabe

as Mrs. McCabe

as Nora McCabe

as Connie McCabe

as George Alexander McCabe

as Ben Satterthwaite

as Maurice Bruno

as Mrs. Gibson

as Ship's Captain

as Bill

as Engineer

as Prison Officer

as Singer

as Mrs. Duncan

as Policeman (uncredited)

as Deck-hand (uncredited)

as Reporter

as Publican

as Mr. Simon (uncredited)

as Police Sergeant

as Sailor (uncredited)

as 3rd Engineer on Ship

as Stoker

as District Nurse

as Mrs. Duncan (voice) (uncredited)

as Prison Warder

as Witness in Street

as Mrs. Simon

as Mac

as Sam (uncredited)

as Mrs. Simon (voice) (uncredited)

as Mr. Simon (voice) (uncredited)