Plot

A kindly old woman named Mrs. Rand takes in wayward girl and petty crook Molly O'Hara, known as "Angel Face" to her gang. Mrs. Rand eventually gets Molly to see the error of her ways and she reforms. However, it her son John that has strayed from the straight and narrow and is part of a big money bunco. It's Molly's turn to help out the old woman, by reforming John as he falls in love with her.—WesternOne1

Molly O'Hara, known around New York's Bowery as "Angel Face," is one of the shrewdest crooks in the city. She belongs to a gang headed by Spike Malone, who considers Molly his girl. Spike's gang set out to hold up a truck believed to be loaded with liquor, coming across the Canadian border. When they pull alongside the truck, its flaps go up and reveal detectives and policemen. A gun battle ensues. Molly and Spike manage to escape, and go in different directions. Molly ends up in the garden of John Rand's country estate, where she is discovered by Rand's mother. Molly pretends she has amnesia, so Mrs. Rand welcomes her into her home. No one in the Rand home has any suspicions about Molly, except for Jenks, the butler. Molly passes some of her time shooting dice with the servants at the Rand home. Rand brings Ramon Orestes Cordova to his house, to discuss a business deal. The deal is shady, but John is tempted nevertheless. Meanwhile, Cordova becomes enamored of Molly. He believes his expensive clothes will awe the girl, but Molly recognizes him for the crook he is and decides to play a game of cat and mouse. Then Mrs. Rand takes ill, and Molly, who has been won over by the woman, decides to nurse her back to health. Rand decides to go through with the Cordova's deal, despite his business associates refusing to join in for fear they may end up in jail. Rand receives a wire calling him to Washington to complete the deal with Cordova. Molly tells Rand she is suspicious of Cordova, but John dismisses her concerns and leaves for Washington. That night, Cordova asks Molly to elope with him. Molly uses her wiles to get Cordova to admit that he is working for Silas Wetherbee, who is trying to ruin Rand. She learns there is a document in the safe which will send Rand to prison for life. Molly, willing to do anything for Rand and his mother, goes to find Spike so he can open the safe and remove the document. Cordova goes to Wetherbee and they send word to Federal agents to seize the safe. But Spike has successfully opened the safe, and Molly takes the incriminating papers. However, Detective O'Connell, who has been trailing Molly, captures her. Spike is killed after wounding O'Connell. Mrs. Rand refuses to believe that Molly has tried to rob her, and Molly cannot reveal the truth because she is shielding Rand. When Rand returns and finds the safe open, Molly gives him the paper the authorities were after. Rand at first believes Molly wants money in return, but soon realizes she did it for him and his mother. The Federal authorities make a thorough search of the safe but find nothing incriminating. After they leave, Rand takes his mother and Molly in his arms. Mrs. Rand says "It isn't your past mistakes; it's your future that counts," and gives the pair her blessing.