一时兴起，一位贪婪的富豪决定垄断全球小麦市场。此举导致面包价格翻倍，迫使粮农靠救济度日，更多人陷入贫困深渊。影片通过对比呈现了辛勤耕耘的种粮者与操纵粮价牟利者截然不同的生存境遇。
Frank Powell
The Wheat King
Grace Henderson
The Wheat King's Wife
James Kirkwood
Farmer
Linda Arvidson
Farmer's Wife
W. Chrystie Miller
Farmer's Father
Gladys Egan
Farmer's Little Daughter
Henry B. Walthall
Wheat King's Assistant
Kate Bruce
William J. Butler
Charles Craig
Frank Evans
Edith Haldeman
Robert Harron
Ruth Hart
