Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.
as Davey Fenwick
as Jenny Sunley
as Joe Gowlan
as Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother
as Richard Barras - the mine owner
as Robert Fenwick - Davey's father
as Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother
as Arthur Barras - Barras' son
as Stanley Millington
as Mrs. Laura Millington
as Harry Nugent, MP
as Slogger Gowlan
as Wept
as Mrs. Sunley
as Hudspeth
as Strother
as Pat Reedy
as Will
as Union Official
as Mrs. Reedy
as Miner
as Mr. Wilkins
as Mr. Ramage
as Harry Brace
as Headmaster Strother
as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
as Miner at Rescue
as Cinema Commissionaire
as Man Outside Football Ground
as 1st Arresting Policeman
as Union Committee Member
as Looting Miner
as Old Woman at Looting
as Dickie - Butcher's Boy
as 2nd Arresting Policeman
as Union Committee Chairman
