
A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
Cast

Jack Haley
Larry Elliot

Ann Savage
Sally Warren

Barton MacLane
George 'Deacon' Markham

Veda Ann Borg
Flo Rosson

Roger Pryor
Richardson

George E. Stone
Mink

Robert Emmett Keane
Prof. Wisner

Lucien Littlefield
Charles Waldeck / Preston Waldeck

Paul Hurst
Sheriff

Arthur Aylesworth
Emerson Cooke

Eily Malyon
Mrs. Cooke
Buddy Swan
Oliver Waldeck

Walter Baldwin
Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)

Dick Curtis
Bus Driver (Uncredited)

Edward Earle
Joshua Elliott (Uncredited)

Charles Williams
Reporter (Uncredited)
Jack Deery
Chess Match Spectator (uncredited)

Eric Mayne
Chess Match Spectator (uncredited)
Crew

Frank McDonald
Director
Maxwell Shane
Screenplay, Associate Producer
Daniel Mainwaring
Screenplay
Henry Adams
Editor
Fred Jackman Jr.
Director of Photography
William C. Thomas
Producer
William H. Pine
Producer
William R. Fox
Sound Recordist
Ray C. Smallwood
Visual Effects
Alex Weldon
Visual Effects
Alexander Laszlo
Original Music Composer
Roy Berk
Set Decoration
Howard A. Smith
Supervising Editor
Frank Paul Sylos
Art Direction



















