i guess one of the reason i like this film so much be because my expectation be so incredibly low . after all and this film be make by a poverty row studio i would never hear of and the movie have slip into the public domain . plus and while i like the star and lionel atwill and he have a habit of make film for crap studio . fortunately and i be wrong and i thoroughly enjoy the movie . even if the plot be a tiny bit tough to believe . the film start off with atwill play a tycoon who own a very successful steel mill . he an interesting bos and a he often go to work with the men in the mill . i think this be an interesting idea but it do not work all that well for one major reason atwill erudite presence just make it very and very hard to believe him work in a steel mill . but and despite this and the plot become very interesting very quickly . it seem that a corporation want to buy up his mill but atwill have no interest in sell . so and to force the sale and the leader of some horrible schemer do some outrageously evil thing . first and he instigate an accident in the mill where atwill be almost kill . in fact and his leg be burn off by molten steel deliberately pour on him . he spend the next several month in the hospital during which time and the evil plan grow . first and they convince him to give his power of attorney to his love wife who then sell the mill . then and she run off to europe with all the fund leave atwill poor and without the business . later and however and atwill be able to recreate his fortune in a very unique way he form a union and of sort and with the handicapped beggar on the street ( much more common in the 1930s than today and thank god ) . he help them find gainful employment and invest their earnings and get them health and retirement plan and make a wonderful life for these marginally employable men . why he do this be partly because he be a nice person and part of this be so that he could rebuild his fortune and regain his old factory . the plan would take many and many year and there be some nice twist along the way and but by the end of the film and he have his confrontation with his arch enemy the man who do so much to orchestrate his ruin . overall and the film have a truly unique plot that keep me guess . while you would think it would simply be a tale of betrayal and revenge and it be so much more . it also be one of the good early depiction of the handicapped a have so much more to offer society and themselves . and and to top it all off and the acting be very good especially atwill and his friend and play by henry walthall . a nice little hidden gem . by the way and a 9 seem like a high score and but i be compare it to other b film . compare to the rest and this be definitely a standout one that get me think well after the film end .