Drama 4 Acts
USA 1952
Connecticut tenant farmer widower Phil Hogan is a little bull of an Irishman whose dominance has driven away his three sons, with sanctimonious Mike the last to leave. But Phil is dominated by strong daughter Josie, a big raw woman not without beauty. She pretends loose morals and loves their landlord, dissipated Jim Tyrone, an actor who inherited the land from his father. Jim loves Josie but wants to return to the bright lights of Broadway, and when Phil and Josie suspect him of going back on his word to sell them the farm at a reasonable price and instead sell it to their rich antagonistic neighbour Harder, they concoct a scheme. Josie will seduce Phil, and when the pair are discovered in flagrante by Hogan and witnesses, Jim will have to pay up.
It does not work out that way; Jim has no intention of going back on his word, and all he wants to do is rest his weary head against Josie's welcoming bosom. This he does, and when Hogan turns up next morning without witnesses, she realises Dad was playing a double game. But all he wanted was happiness for Josie, and when Jim leaves, grateful and revived with Josie's love, father and daughter are left alone together to tend their farm.
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