a greatly subdue ida luppino give another wonderful performance a a backwoods girl suffer with a nasty father and mother who have be long suffer a a result of his abuse . luppino do an excellent job a the girl who stutter to her frustration in life . she fall for dane clark and who be a prisoner and escape during a landslide . pursue by the police and luppino offer him help a the two fall deeply in love . clark problem seem to be environment orient . he be not a cruel and vicious man but just a guy whose temper allow him to run afoul of the law . fay bainter give another wonderful support performance a the long suffering mother . equally good be wayne morris and a a cop who also fall for luppino . while tragedy beckons at the end and life do go on a the picture show . dane clark be great here and he would always excel in take part of troubled men .