This drama chronicles the extreme measures taken by a determined young crime reporter to get an interview with a notorious convict. The zealous journalist, also a star quarterback on the town college team, decides to become a convict himself. He gets into the prison, becomes president of the prisoners' union, does his interview, successfully woo's the warden's daughter, and gets out in time to publish his story before anyone else does. His career is off to a tremendous start.
Ralph Byrd
as Jimmy O'Brien
Virginia Vale
as Betty Collins
William Halligan
as Warden Collins
Dick Rich
as Tom Barnes
Herbert Rawlinson
as District Attorney
Cecil Weston
as Mrs. Briggs
Tom Herbert
as Carnation Charlie
Stubby Kruger
as Dynamite (as Harold Kruger)
Frank Hagney
as Butch
Jack Buckley
as Windy
Harry Depp
as Ben Marlo
Jack Roper
as Nipper