Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock romances a mystery woman who confronted Girard in front of him, but Murdock's fiancée Hester shows up. After they return to his apartment, have a fight, and she leaves, the mystery woman slips in and begs for his help. Police Inspector Bacon and the cops show up, looking for the mystery woman; Murdock hides her. Murdock goes with the cops to discuss the murder the woman is suspected of. Bacon explains (in flashback) how some photogs were setting up a shot with Girard and Redfield. When the flashbulbs popped, Redfield keeled over dead and the woman, Meg Archer, fled while the newsmen ran out to phone their papers. The newsmen (who were rounded up later as thoroly as possible) are taken into police custody, except for Murdock (who wasn't at the scene), who is given a cap on the sly by rival McGoogin. Altho ...
Lew Ayres
as Kent Murdock
Gail Patrick
as Meg Archer
Paul Kelly
as I.B. McGoogin
Benny Baker
as Phil Doane
Ernest Cossart
as Stanley Redfield
Onslow Stevens
as Nate Girard
Joyce Compton
as Hester Boone
Anthony Nace
as Joe Cusick
Joe Sawyer
as Inspector Tom Bacon
Don Rowan
as Siki
Frank Sheridan
as Police Chief
Irving Bacon
as Det. Keogh
