Young Jim takes over from his father, political boss Jim Gordon Sr. As ruthless and unfeeling as his dad, Young Jim blocks the efforts by a crusading newspaper to bring about reforms in the city's tenement district. But he comes to regret his intransigence when his father is ruined financially.

• Rolfe Photoplays
• Lionel Barrymore
• Marguerite Skirvin
• Franklyn Hanna
• Edgar L. Davenport
• John Smiley
• Paul Lawrence
• James C. Malaidy
• Howard Truesdale