Young Jim takes over from his father, political boss Jim Gordon Sr. As ruthless and unfeeling as his dad, Young Jim blocks the efforts by a crusading newspaper to bring about reforms in the city's tenement district. But he comes to regret his intransigence when his father is ruined financially.

The Upheaval (1916)
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Lionel Barrymore
Jim Gordon

Marguerite Skirvin
Joan Madison

Franklyn Hanna
Jim Gordon, Sr.
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Edgar L. Davenport
Henry Madison
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John Smiley
Benjamin Waters
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Paul Lawrence
Sidney Benson
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James C. Malaidy
Alec (the delegate)

Howard Truesdale
Myles McColl
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George Stevens
Jerome Hendricks