A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses on the relationship between the two men, and also between various characters in the theater audience, staff and cast.
Richard Barthelmess
as Tony Mako
Ray Milland
as Carl Barrett
Joe Morrison
as Eddie
Gertrude Michael
as Mrs. Sylvia Temple
Helen Mack
as Helen
Dorothy Tree
as Mae Danish
Roscoe Karns
as Johnson
Charles C. Wilson
as Taft
Henry Travers
as Mac Mason
Noel Madison
as Anderson
Paul Harvey
as Capt. Seaver
Olive Tell
as Mrs. Madison
