In an Eastern Kentucky mountain town, illiterate Asa Whipple, the village blacksmith, marries beautiful Nance Haws over the objections of her father. A former aristocrat who was financially ruined, Jethro Haws wanted Nance to marry lawyer Rufus Couch. After Sandy Orr, an escaped convict employed by the kind-hearted Asa, kills Luke Andrews for implying that Nance's expected child is Couch's, Asa takes the blame. He is convicted by Couch, now district attorney, who destroyed the confession Orr left before running away.

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Cast

Monroe Salisbury

Asa Whipple

Charles West

Rufus Couch

Charles Le Moyne

Luke Andrews

Alfred Allen

Jethro Haws

Ray Gallagher

Sandy Orr

Pat Moore

Little Asa