

Overview
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.
Cast
Yrjö Niemelä
Elsa
Kieronperän emäntä
Kieronperän isäntä
nappikauppias Lehtinen
kauppaneuvos
rouva Järveläinen
Jaakko Viklund
Jussi Marttila
pelastusarmeijalainen
Martti Jukola
valmentaja