Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.
as Nick Adams
as Carolyn
as Contessa
as Mr. Turner
as Billy Campbell
as Telegrapher
as Bugs
as Dr. Henry Adams
as Major Padula
as The Battler
as Rosanna
as Mrs. Helen Adams
as John
as Brakeman
as City Editor
as Rosanna's Father
as Eddy Boulton
as Mayor
as Joe Boulton
as George
as Indian Woman (uncredited)
as Orchestra Leader at Dinner (uncredited)
as Conductor (uncredited)
as Serviceman at Train Station (uncredited)
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
as Burlesque Queen (uncredited)
as Indian Mid-Wife (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Billy Tabeshaw (uncredited)
as Chef (uncredited)
as Morris (uncredited)
as Old Soldier (uncredited)
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
as Burlesque Queen (uncredited)
as Father Ben (uncredited)
as Italian Sergeant (uncredited)
as Burlesque Queen (Uncredited)
