Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
Cast
Claudette Colbert
Edwina Corday
James Stewart
Guy Johnson
Guy Kibbee
Fred 'Cap' Streeter
Nat Pendleton
Sergeant Fred Koretz
Frances Drake
Vivian Tarbel
Edgar Kennedy
Lieutenant Miller
Ernest Truex
Willie Heyward
Richard Carle
Major I. E. Willoughby
Cecilia Callejo
Dolores Gonzales
Sidney Blackmer
Al Mallon
Andy Clyde
'Gimpy' Wilson
Cliff Clark
Captain Haggerty
Cecil Cunningham
Madame J. L. Chambers
Leonard Kibrick
Herman Plotka
Hans Conried
Mr. Delmonico, Stage Manager
Grady Sutton
Lupton Peabody
Lowden Adams
Vivian's Butler (uncredited)
Murray Alper
Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Monya Andre
Guest (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Guest (uncredited)
Harry Burns
Mike - the Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
George Chandler
Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Hal Cooke
Gus - the Waiter (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
Guest (uncredited)
Rae Daggett
Hotel Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Daisy
A Dog (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)
John Dilson
Doctor (uncredited)
Peter Du Rey
Guest (uncredited)
Rex Evans
Scout Master (uncredited)
Frank Faylen
Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)
Tom Hanlon
Radio Announcer (voice)
Harold Hoff
Spike (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)
W.E. Lawrence
Guest (uncredited)
Wally Maher
Nate - Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Fay McKenzie
Guest (uncredited)
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Georgie - Actor as 'Wounded Soldier' (uncredited)
George Meeker
Ned Brown (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Guest (uncredited)
Alberto Morin
Waiter (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Policeman on Train (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Raymond
Lipinsky (uncredited)
Mary Louise Smith
Guest (uncredited)
William Tannen
Actor as 'Soldier' (uncredited)
Phillip Terry
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Police Officer Drivng Patrol Car (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Crew
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Ben Hecht
Screenplay, Story
Harold F. Kress
Editor
Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography
Hugh Boswell
Assistant Director
Frank Davis
Producer
Charles Dorian
Second Unit Director
Edward Ward
Original Music Composer
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Original Story
Wally Heglin
Orchestrator
George Bassman
Orchestrator
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