After a spectacular college football career, John Harkless leaves the university to pursue a place in Indiana politics. He buys the failing Plattville Herald and, using the newspaper to expose various illegal activities, sets out to rid the county of all mobsters and corrupt officials.
Dustin Farnum
as John Harkless
Winifred Kingston
as Helen Sherwood
Herbert Standing
as Joe Fisbee
Page Peters
as Lige Willets
Howard Davies
as Rodney McCune
Juan de la Cruz
as Tom Meredith
Joe Ray
as Skillett
Elsie Cort
as Skillett's Girl
C. Norman Hammond
as Judge Briscoe
Helen Jerome Eddy
as
Jacob Abrams
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Virginia Foltz
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
