A tough street kid takes the rap for a burglary committed by the son of his foster family and is sent to a boys reformatory, where the inmates are under the thumb of corrupt guards and a brutal prison doctor.
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.
An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.