AS THRILLING AS THE WAIL OF A POLICE SIREN!
Mort Bradley, New York political boss and underworld czar, controls not only the city's most popular nightclub but also much of the press; however, the managing editor of the Times is determined to expose him. Jay Grant, a San Francisco reporter, is assigned to investigate Mort, who believes Jay to be a country boy and is delighted to see him fall in love with Connie Colton, of whom Mort has tired. Dismayed to learn that Jay is a reporter, Mort plans to have his gunman, Francis, kill him, but both Mort and Francis are shot by rival gangsters. Jay, believing that Mort will recover, rushes to the newspaper with an exposé, but while writing it he learns of Mort's death and decides their friendship would not permit him to submit the story. He leaves his paper and embarks on a new life with Connie.
William James Craft
Director
Gene Towne
Writer

John Wray
Morton Bradstreet

Betty Compson
Connie Colton

John Harron
Jay Grant

Claud Allister

Wilbur Mack

King Baggot

Edmund Breese
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