Edward L. Nugent arrives in the big city with a letter of recommendation from his small-town newspaper editor. Russell Simpson takes him on as a cub, and he finds himself dong all sorts of scutwork, while torn between hatcheck girl June Bonner and society reporter Rita La Roy. While he's escorting Miss La Roy to a benefit where a robbery is taking place, he phones the office to discover the details have already been reported. Realizing that the tendrils of the gang reach into his newspaper, he begins to investigate.
It's a lively little Poverty Row second feature, with some nice talent on display, including Wheeler Oakman, John Ince and Franklyn Farnum: all good actors who found themselves confined largely to B Westerns by this point, but ready to turn in good performances in a big-city picture. Even though the solution to the mystery was not difficult to figure out, the movie as a whole is a pleasant quickie.
It's a lively little Poverty Row second feature, with some nice talent on display, including Wheeler Oakman, John Ince and Franklyn Farnum: all good actors who found themselves confined largely to B Westerns by this point, but ready to turn in good performances in a big-city picture. Even though the solution to the mystery was not difficult to figure out, the movie as a whole is a pleasant quickie.
