Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock romances a mystery woman who confronted Girard in front of him, but Murdock's fiancée Hester shows up. After they return to his apartment, have a fight, and she leaves, the mystery woman slips in and begs for his help. Police Inspector Bacon and the cops show up, looking for the mystery woman; Murdock hides her. Murdock goes with the cops to discuss the murder the woman is suspected of. Bacon explains (in flashback) how some photogs were setting up a shot with Girard and Redfield. When the flashbulbs popped, Redfield keeled over dead and the woman, Meg Archer, fled while the newsmen ran out to phone their papers. The newsmen (who were rounded up later as thoroly as possible) are taken into police custody, except for Murdock (who wasn't at the scene), who is given a cap on the sly by rival McGoogin. Altho ...
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Paul Kelly
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Ernest Cossart
Onslow Stevens
Joyce Compton
Anthony Nace
Joe Sawyer
Don Rowan
Frank Sheridan
Irving Bacon
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William Bailey
Paul Barrett
Patsy Bellamy
Harry C. Bradley
Robert Burkhardt
Edmund Burns
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Jack Chapin
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Beatrice Coleman
Mike Donovan
Ellen Drew
Eddie Dunn
Jerry Fletcher
Kay Gordon
Carlton Griffin
Margareth Harrison
Howard Hickman
William Hopper
Ernest W. Johnson
Harry Jordan
Marten Lamont
Frank Losee Jr.
Nick Lukats
Frank Marlowe
Rex Moore
Jack Mulhall
Paddy O'Flynn
George Ovey
Bob Perry
Lee Phelps
Earl Pingree
Art Rowlands
Christian Rub
Allen Saunders
Kai Schmidt
Lee Shumway
Larry Steers
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Harry Wallace
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