Robert Edgar Willoughby Pitt embarks on a steamship leaving London for New York. However, First Class is full and Robert is forced to travel with the emigrants on the lower deck, from where, by regulation, he cannot access the upper one. The beautiful Molly Creedon is traveling in First Class and Robert, in order to woo the girl, encounters many difficulties precisely because of the restrictions with which he has to comply.
Arriving in New York, Robert heads to his exclusive club, where he bets that he could rob a house and avoid being arrested. Later, when Spike Mullins tries to rob him, Robert prevents him, but offers to team up on the caper. Spike suggests robbing the home of a deputy police commissioner known for taking bribes. The man, "Big Phil" Creedon, is Molly's father. Molly catches the thieves and "Big Phil" accepts a bribe to let them go, but warns Robert to keep away from Molly. Spike, who has become Robert's servant, steals a pearl necklace during a house party. To save him from arrest, Robert threatens to report Creedon's embezzlement. Molly discreetly returns the pearls, while Creedon accepts the deal, promising not to take any more bribes.
^The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
^Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.66 by The American Film Institute, c.1978
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