
A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.
Cast

Charles Farrell
Lem Tustine

Mary Duncan
Kate

David Torrence
Lem's Father

Edith Yorke
Lem's Mother

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Reaper

Anne Shirley
Marie Tustine

Tom McGuire
Matey

Richard Alexander
Mac
Patrick Rooney
Butch

Ed Brady
Reaper

Roscoe Ates
Reaper

Marjorie Beebe
Waitress (uncredited)

Eddie Boland
Reaper (uncredited)
Harry Gripp
Reaper (uncredited)

Mark Hamilton
Greasy the Reaper (uncredited)

Werner Klingler
Reaper (uncredited)

Charles Lane
Man at Train Station (uncredited)

Ivan Linow
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Arnold Lucy
Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Helen Lynch
Girl on Train (uncredited)

Michael Mark
Man Standing at Cafe (uncredited)

Jack Pennick
Reaper (uncredited)

David Rollins
Reaper (uncredited)
William Sundholm
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Crew

F. W. Murnau
Director
Berthold Viertel
Writer
Marion Orth
Writer
H.H. Caldwell
Editor

Katherine Hilliker
Editor
Ernest Palmer
Director of Photography
William Tummel
Assistant Director
Frank Powolny
Assistant Director

William Fox
Producer
Sophie Wachner
Costume Design

Edgar G. Ulmer
Assistant Art Director
A.F. Erickson
Sound Director

A.H. Van Buren
Sound Director
Harold Hobson
Sound
Arthur Kay
Original Music Composer
Elliott Lester
Dialogue
Harry Oliver
Settings
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