Struggling architect David Cole is encouraged by his boss, Phil Graham, to fraternize with high society as a means of drumming up business. This inadvertently leads to him having an affair with a rich older woman. When his wife Sue discovers the infidelity, she divorces him and takes away their two children. It turns out this was Phil's intent all along - so he could marry Sue. With David now living in Europe, the two children grow up spoiled and self-centered under Phil and Sue's neglectful care. When one of them is shot while roughhousing, David realizes he must own up to his responsibilities as a father...but it may be too late to make a difference in his children's lives...

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Cast

Reginald Denny

Phil Graham

Marguerite Churchill

Sue Cole

Bruce Cabot

David Cole

Dorothy Lee

Carol Cole-adult

Evelyn Brent

Shirley Ross Cole

William Janney

David Sonny Cole Jr.

Dickie Moore

David Sonny Cole Jr. as a Child

Cora Sue Collins

Carol Cole as a Child

Lillian Harmer

Frieda

Joan Woodbury

Secretary (uncredited)