When the film begins, Clara has had enough of her husband's drinking and irresponsible lifestyle. Not surprisingly, she takes her baby and leaves.
Decades pass. The baby is grown and now David (Richard Greene) is heading off to college. He soon makes friends...both with a nerdy farm boy who is also a student as well as with one of his professors (Roland Young). As a result of getting to know this English professor, David learns that his biological father, Duke (Richard Dix), was one of his students long ago and Duke was apparently a star football player at the college long ago. So, David goes to meet him and soon David and Duke establish a relationship. Duke is still irresponsible and a drinker, but he wants to be someone his son can respect...and he cleans himself up and gets a good job at the local paper.
Now here is the odd part. All this that I've told you really has very little to do with what is coming next! It involves a hit and run death and a pack of liars....and you'll just have to see it for yourself to know where it's all going next.
The acting in this one is very good all around....Greene, Dix, Young and the rest. The odd twist towards the end is generally good, but also seemed hard to believe. I still am not sure if I liked it or not! Overall, a decent film but one which left me a bit confused.
