Con artist and racetrack tout Wally Brooks hands a
lemon drop to a man in a wheelchair, promising that it will cure whatever ails him, and then persuades the man, a millionaire named Griggsby, to bet $100 on a horse. Wally knows that the horse cannot win and intends to pocket the stake. However, when the horse does win, Wally and his partner Dunhill, known as "The Professor", flee before Griggsby can find them and collect his winnings. Hiding at an obscure location, Wally meets town drunk Jonas Deering and his beautiful daughter Alice. A love affair blossoms and Wally marries Alice. When she is about to give birth and has serious medical problems, Wally needs money, so he robs Mr. Potter, her boss. Alice dies in childbirth. A despondent Wally shuns his own son, Wally Jr., and is not sure where to turn next. The Professor marries longtime girlfriend Maizie and offers to raise Wally Jr. Griggsby appears, claiming that the lemon drop did help his arthritis. He volunteers to become Wally Jr.'s legal guardian and gives Wally some money, with the amount that he would have won on the horse deducted. == Cast ==