"The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in love."
Edward G. Robinson
as John Mansfield Hayden
Kay Francis
as Laura McDonald
Genevieve Tobin
as Martha Lane Hayden
Robert Barrat
as Phineas D. Lane aka Charles Lane
Murray Kinnell
as Davenport
Robert McWade
as Larkin
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Shuster
Henry Kolker
as Mr. Sanborn
George Blackwood
as Henry
Walter Walker
as Oliver
Henry O'Neill
as Mr. Farrell
E.J. Ratcliffe
as Theodore Roosevelt
William V. Mong
as Bowen
King Baggot
as Banker (uncredited)
Davison Clark
as Doctor (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Charles Coleman
as Hayden's First Butler (uncredited)
James Donlan
as Voting Returns Announcer (uncredited)
Douglass Dumbrille
as U.S. Attorney Brandt (uncredited)
Claude Gillingwater
Sam Godfrey
as Warren (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
John Ince
DeWitt Jennings
Edward Keane
Milton Kibbee
as Lane's Secretary (uncredited)
Lorena Layson
as Annette - the Maid (uncredited)
Wallace MacDonald
as Hayden's First Secretary (uncredited)
LeRoy Mason
as Martha's Coachman (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
as Gossiper aka "That Cad" (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
as Foreign Diplomat (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
as Apopoulis - Hotel Proprietor in Greece (uncredited)
Amy Rayan
as Gypsy (uncredited)
Phil Tead
as Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Walker
as Hayden's Second Secretary (uncredited)
William Worthington
as Jefferson (uncredited)
Alfred E. Green
Director
Charles Kenyon
Screenplay
Dialogue
Sidney Sutherland
David Karsner
Novel
Leo F. Forbstein
Conductor
Bernhard Kaun
Original Music Composer
James Van Trees
Director of Photography
Herbert I. Leeds
Editor
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction
Earl Luick
Costume Design
Maxwell Arnow
Casting Director
William Forsyth
Casting Assistant
John Wallace
Makeup Artist