Bootlegger Ed Carson is sent to prison. His old gang turns from liquor (now legal) to kidnapping. When they nab the son and daughter-in-law of the judge who sent Carson to prison, he is paroled to help in the capture.
Spencer Tracy
as Edward Carson
Claire Trevor
as Jane Lee
Ralph Morgan
as Judge Penfield
Howard Lally
as Thomas Penfield
J. Carrol Naish
as Chopper Allen
John Miljan
as William Bennett
Matt McHugh
as Butts McGhee
Kathleen Burke
as Marilyn Kirk
Mary Mason
as Lila Penfield
