have offered unless he meant to follow through. Jim explains that he only returned to the medical field after witnessing Tom in action in the war. Tom had inspired him to give medicine another chance and to treat the truly needy. Joan confronts Tom and explains Jim's inspirational story and Tom agrees to sends Jim to see Dr. Lester Scobee (Rhys Williams, who cares for the miners of Coalville and their families. Jim is hired and starts to see more and more cases of men from the mine developing lung conditions. He approaches Tom with some X-rays. Before Tom can review the X-rays, he gets a call from Helen who is with her aunt who has become ill. Tom rushes out and after examining Helen's rich and influential aunt, Mrs. Roger Nelson (Marjorie Rambeau), discovers that she is extremely ill and in dire need of emergency surgery. Mrs Nelson insists on not proceeding until she sees her personal physician Dr Gleeson. Tom explains to Gleeson that the surgery is required and Gleeson admits that he is not equipped to perform surgery and that he actually hasn't performed any surgery in over 10 years. Instead, his former partner had been the surgeon. Tom performs the surgery successfully saving Mrs Nelson and Gleeson urges Tom to allow him to take credit. Later Joan upbraids Tom for his unethical behavior and quits the surgery. Gleeson decides to charge Mrs. Nelson an exorbitant fee, which he splits with Tom. Mrs. Nelson later learns that it was Tom who performed her operation and questions his ethics. Before Tom can defend himself, he is called away to help at a mine explosion at Coalville. Tom enters the mine and joins Jim treating and rescuing miners far underground. They rescue the miners, but Jim is fatally injured. Tom tells Helen he is quitting the Pittsburgh clinic to work in Coalville. Helen tells him she cannot live there, so they reluctantly part. Tom arrives at his new office to find Joan already at work. Cast Charlton Heston as Dr. Tom Owen Lizabeth Scott as Helen Curtis Dianne Foster as Joan Lasher Mildred Dunnock as Mrs. Mary Owen Arthur Franz as Dr. Jim Crowley Ray Collins as Dan Reasonover Marjorie Rambeau as Mrs. Roger Nelson Lester Matthews as Dr. Homer Gleeson Rhys Williams as Dr. Leslie M. Scobee Lydia Clarke as Rita Thronburg Lisa Golm as Mrs. Marzano Screenplay