The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."
In this searing Southern drama, a mother and son reunite under desperate circumstances years after a family tragedy drove them far apart.
Ex-barman retorna à cidade natal com a amante, atriz decadente e alcoólatra, reavivando antigos conflitos.
Joshua Steed (Eirc Johnson) retorna para o Missouri como um novo homem, depois de uma be sucedida temporada em Savannah, Georgia. Agora, rico e casado pela segunda vez, com uma bela mulher, seu passado logo volta a assombrá-lo. Joshua se vê envolvido em rumores, decepções e traições que ameaçam sua paz e a de sua família. Ao chegar à pequena cidade de Kirtland, Ohio, ele encontra problemas de ordem financeira e acaba sendo escolhido pelo Governo Boggs a comandar um exército para proteger uma nova igreja. O sábio Joseph Smith (Jonathan Scarfe), um dos líderes da igreja, fica doente e acredita ter perdido seu dom de profeta divino. Quando uma facção de fora recebe orden para atacar a nova igreja, Joshua é o único que pode salvar sua família e os demais companheiros dos problemas que os ameaçam.
70 A.C. Micah (Edmund Purdom), o filho de Eli (Walter Hampden), fica tão obcecado por Samarra (Lana Turner), uma sacerdotisa pagã, que pega parte da fortuna de seu pai e vai atrás dela, que foi para Damasco. Apesar de desejar muito Samarra ele se recusa a fazer qualquer oferenda aos deuses que ela adora, pois Micah jurou ser fiel apenas para Jeová. Mas Samarra planeja seduzir Micah e fazê-lo abandonar sua fé.
Young Bill Emory is a typical mischievous, rambunctious boy, but his father William is a strict disciplinarian, and Bill is constantly being punished for simple childhood transgressions. Finally Bill can take no more of his father's excessive punishments and runs away. Complications ensue.
After inheriting his father's estate, Cheung Ka-bo leads a life of debauchery after getting know Blackie Yuen, who profits at others' expense, and Yee-Wah, who working at a night club. As the family wealth diminishes, he always squabbles with his wife and finally separates from her. She returns a diamond bracelet, kept by Uncle Chan, to her mother-in-law. Bo's mother hides the bracelet in a chair. Later, Wah resides at Bo's home. To flatter Wah, Bo wants to get the bracelet by any means from his mother and give it to Wah. Later, Bo's mother falls ill. In the hospital, she tells Bo of the bracelet's whereabouts but the chair has already been sold to Uncle Chan by Wah. Bo, Wah and Yuen stealthily enter Chan's home to get the chair, but have a big fight when they try to take the bracelet. Knowing that Bo has huge debts, Wah intends to leave him after getting the bracelet. Wah exposes her gluttonous self in her pursuit of the treasure. Bo learns his lesson and returns to his wife.
Prone to wander, Tyler McMillan has it all but doesn't appreciate living in the shadow of his over-achieving brother. With an early inheritance in hand from his trusting father, Tyler heads to Vegas indulging in gambling, parties and riotous living. His addictions lead him into a den of thieves and the prospect of losing everything, including his own life.His father's only wish is that Tyler will return safely home. Can a child stray so far, a father's love can't save him?
The Parable of the Lost/ Prodigal Son as told by Lotte Reiniger.