A tightwad accountant for a newspaper becomes friends with a reporter. The bookkeeper goes on vacation, and while there he learns of a kidnapping conspiracy. He quickly phones the paper and they order him to follow up on the story and stay off the phone so the reporter (whom he secretly has a crush on) can use it.
Edward Everett Horton
as P.E. Dodd
Louise Campbell
as Judy McGowan
Lynne Overman
as Perry Brown
Lucien Littlefield
as Bill Hawkins
Esther Dale
as Jenny Hawkins
Porter Hall
as Bill Court
Benny Baker
as Al Vogel
Ruth Coleman
as Mrs. West
Louis Natheaux
as Cyrus K. West
Billy Lee
as Malcolm West
Howard M. Mitchell
as Sheriff Jones
William Burress
as Spreckett (as William Burress)
