A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite so. If he can just manage to avoid a certain very predatory woman.
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Ruth Earp
Countess of Chell
Nellie Cotterill
Mr. Duncalf
Mrs. Machin
Mr. Calvert
Mrs. Codleyn
Police Superintendent
Emery
P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
Lord Mayor (uncredited)
Widow Hullins (uncredited)
Mr. Cotterill (uncredited)
Cregeen (uncredited)
Lord at the Liverpool Dock
Bank Manager
Denry as a Boy