
Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
Cast

Melvyn Douglas
Joel Sloane

Florence Rice
Garda Sloane

Claire Dodd
Julia Thorne

Shepperd Strudwick
Ned Morgan

Louis Calhern
Elias Z. Bannerman

Nat Pendleton
Paul Terison

Douglass Dumbrille
Arnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Mary Howard
Leah Brockler

George Zucco
Otto Brockler

Minor Watson
Steve Langner

Donald Douglas
Lt. James Flanner

Dwight Frye
Sidney Z. Wheeler

Thurston Hall
Dist. Atty. MacMillen

Horace McMahon
Danny Scolado (as Horace MacMahon)

Barbara Bedford
MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)
James B. Carson
Safe Expert (uncredited)

Jack Chefe
Maitre d' (uncredited)

Roger Converse
Assistant Dist. Atty. Byers (uncredited)
Jack Foss
Attendant Bringing Sandwich (uncredited)

Natalie Garson
Mildred, Girl with Sidney (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton
Police Detective (uncredited)

Edward Hearn
Policeman (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Auction Attendee (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell
Man in Victim's House (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Henry Sylvester
Auctioneer (uncredited)
Crew
Edward Buzzell
Director
Harold Tarshis
Screenplay

Harry Kurnitz
Screenplay
Marco Page
Novel
Fredrick Y. Smith
Editor
Clyde De Vinna
Director of Photography
Charles O'Malley
Assistant Director

Frederick Stephani
Producer
Dolly Tree
Wardrobe Designer
Gabriel Scognamillo
Assistant Art Director

Edwin B. Willis
Assistant Art Director

Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
William Axt
Music

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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