Isaac Abrams, a lonely ghetto pawnbroker, is disliked by most of his neighbors; the only exceptions are Nora Banks, the landlady's charming daughter, and Mrs. Shannon, a poor scrubwoman saving to bring her son Tommy from Ireland. On the day the child arrives at Ellis Island, his mother is taken fatally ill, and Abrams is forced to take in the child. Tommy, who comes to love Abrams, is taught to care for the shop, barter with the customers, and study. When he beats Snipe Banks, the neighborhood toughie, Mrs. Banks vengefully reports Tommy to the authorities, who remove him to an orphanage and later to an Iowa family. Tommy escapes and returns to the pawnshop; when faced with another parting, Abrams plans to take him away. Abrams is denounced by Mrs. Banks, precipitating a riot, but Dr. Mueller, Nora's suitor, arrives to straighten out matters; Abrams is permitted to adopt the boy.

Director:
Renaud Hoffman	Director
Glenn Belt	Assistant Director
Cast:
Rudolph Schildkraut	as Isaac Abrams
Junior Coghlan	as Tommy Shannon
May Robson	as Mrs. Banks
Bessie Love	as Nora Banks
Louis Natheaux	as Nick
Elsie Bartlett	as Mrs. Shannon
Mrs. Charles Mack	as The Clock Woman
Joseph Striker	as Dr. Franz Mueller
Adele Watson	as Investigator
Lillian Harmen	as Sourface
Clarence Burton	as Plainclothesman
Bobby Heck	as Snipe Banks
Cinematography:
Dewey Wrigley	Director of Photography
Writer:
Sonya Levien	Screenwriter
Editing:
Donn Hayes	Film Editor
Art Director:
Charles Cadwallader	Art Director
Costume-Wardrobe:
Gwen Wakeling	Costumes

Based on the short story "A Harp in Hock" by Evelyn Campbell (publication undetermined).