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A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed her abusive husband in order to protect her children from him.
28 Cast Members
Mady Christians
Naomi Trice, aka Naomi Stroud
Jean Parker
Rosanne Stroud, aka Rosanne Trice
Charles Bickford
Pat Naylor
Betty Furness
Yancey Stroud, aka Yancey Trice
William Henry
Curtis 'Curt' Stroud. aka Curtis Trice
Jackie Searl
Curtis as a Child
Betty Jane Graham
Yancey as a Child
Marilyn Harris
Rosanne as a Child
Paul Harvey
Ed Trice
Zelda Sears
Gram Teague
Robert Taylor
Bill Renton
Sterling Holloway
Peter
Georgie Billings
Neddie
DeWitt Jennings
The Sheriff
Miami Alvarez
Tart (uncredited)
Benny Baker
(uncredited)
Ed Brady
Bartender (uncredited)
Helene Chadwick
Mother (uncredited)
Mathilde Comont
Proprietess (uncredited)
Lillian Elliott
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
