
Yrjö Niemelä leaves the countryside for Helsinki. Unemployed, homeless, and penniless, the young man attempts suicide in despair, but a Salvation Army soldier comes to his rescue at the last moment. His luck changes when Yrjö gets a job in a warehouse and, as a fast runner, becomes a sports coach. His childhood sweetheart Elsa encourages him to succeed.
Yrjö Niemelä

Elsa

Kieronperän emäntä

Kieronperän isäntä

nappikauppias Lehtinen

kauppaneuvos

rouva Järveläinen

Jaakko Viklund

Jussi Marttila

pelastusarmeijalainen

Martti Jukola
valmentaja

akka
Lintemanni

reissusälli
Matti