David Palmer, a young chemist, returns to his father's Indiana farm, to marry a local school teacher, Ruth Treadwell. David meets again his father's horse-trainer, Ben Lathrop, whose daughter, Cissy, has left high school to help her father. Palmer marries and becomes wealthy through an invention, and is able to indulge his socially-ambitious wife. His father dies and Palmer returns to Indiana, where his interest in harness-racing is rekindled, as is his interest in Cissy Lathrop.
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| Writing | John Taintor Foote | Writer |
| Directing | Joseph M. Newman | Director |
| Production | Bartlett A. Carré | Production Manager |
| Camera | Gilbert Warrenton | Director of Photography |
| Art | Jerome Pycha Jr. | Art Direction |
| Sound | William H. Lynch | Sound |
| Art | Jacques Mapes | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Harold Godsoe | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Rudy Schrager | Original Music Composer |
| Production | John Taintor Foote | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
