Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses to testify on behalf of her dance partner Jerry Davis (George Murphy), and he's sent to jail. In a riot, a hostile convict (Jack La Rue) forces Jerry to help him escape, so Jerry takes to the streets himself. Nightclub entertainer Anne Taylor (Nancy Carroll) meets him, and convinces her boss Louis (Arthur Hohl) to hire him as her partner.
Nancy Carroll
as Anne Taylor
George Murphy
as Jerry Davis
Thelma Todd
as Mabel Kane
Jack La Rue
as Mitch
Arthur Hohl
as Louie
Wyrley Birch
as Warden
Thurston Hall
as District Attorney
Victor Kilian
as Kennedy
Robert Middlemass
as King
George McKay
as Danny
Virginia Sale
as Edna
Darby Bevins
as Undetermined Role
