The People vs. Nancy Preston

"A vivid melodrama of underworld life."

After her ex-convict husband Bill is killed in a bank robbery, Nancy Preston and her young son Bubsy are protected by Mike Horgan, a former friend from Sing Sing. Mike is wrongfully jailed, and Nancy—falsely accused of murdering a criminal fence who tried to abuse her—goes on the run. Mike breaks out of prison to join Nancy in a small town where he practices medicine under his real name, Stafford. When a persistent detective tracks them down, he falls ill, gets nursed back to health by the pair, has a change of heart, and proves Nancy's innocence so she and Mike can marry.

Cast

Marguerite De La Motte

Nancy Preston

John Bowers

Mike Horgan

Frankie Darro

Bubsy

David Butler

Bill Preston

William V. Mong

Pasquale

Alphonse Ethier

Tierney

Edgar Kennedy

Gloomy Gus

Gertrude Short

Agnes

Ray Gallagher

Texas Darcy

Jackie Saunders

Hazy Mazie

Mary Gordon

Mrs. Tifft