An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village. The original silent version of a film Hitchcock later adapted with sound.
After the death of their father, a travelling showman, Iris Belmore and her little brother Billy are engaged to play in a circus owned by George Munro. Jim, a young man their father had adopted, comes home after he has been at the sea, where he has saved the lives of Lady Rosemount and her son...