Upset by discipline at school, a 17-year-old runs away to New York City and learns there are worse problems than going to his little red school house.

Frank Coghlan Jr.
Frank 'Frankie' Burke

Lloyd Hughes
Owen Rogers

Dickie Moore
Dickie Burke

Ann Doran
Mary Burke

Richard Carle
The Professor, a Hobo

Ralf Harolde
Pete Scardoni

Frank Sheridan
Warden Gail

Matthew Betz
Bill, the Tough Hobo

Kenneth Howell
Schuyler Tree

Sidney Miller
Sidney Levy

Don Brodie
Edward 'Ed', Pete's Henchman

Fred Kelsey
First Detective
Corky
Corky, Frankie's Dog
Gloria Browne
Shirley
Lew Davis
Mac, Pete's Henchman