Joe, a weakling gangster, and Bob, an ex-gambler, compete for Lyla Mason, a working girl who also runs a 10th Avenue rooming house in New York city. Bob's desire to show Lyla he can support her leads him back to the gambling table when past-due rent threatens her with eviction. Bob and Joe are both suspected when Fink, a bootlegger, is found murdered in his room.
Phyllis Haver
as Lyla Mason
Victor Varconi
as Bob Peters
Joseph Schildkraut
as Joe Ross
Louis Natheaux
as Fink
Robert Edeson
as Detective Ed Burton
Ethel Wales
as Ma Mason
