Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
Bette Davis
as Ellen Garfield
George Brent
as Curt Devlin
Roscoe Karns
as Toots O'Grady
Wini Shaw
as Inez Cardoza
Walter Walker
as Judge Hugo Rickard
J. Carrol Naish
as Robert Cardoza
Gordon Westcott
as Maitland Coulter
Dorothy Dare
as Mae LaRue
June Martel
as Olive Wilson
Joseph Crehan
as Spike Kiley
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Hallohan
Addison Richards
as District Attorney