Synopsis

Clyde Griffiths is the son of a preacher man .After an accident ,he is forced to leave his family and to go to another town .He is hired by his own uncle,a wealthy industrial but this tycoon snubs him and makes him understand he is not part of their circle.He's put in charge of supervising the working girls.He seduces one of them,Alice,and gets her pregnant.But he falls in love with Sondra ,a girl from the upper class and marrying her would allow him to climb the social ladder.He urges the distraught Alice to have an abortion.But they cannot find a doctor and Clyde plans to get rid of her.