During the height of Prohibition courageous reporter Chick Slater and determined "sob sister" journalist Myrtle Hines uncover a dangerous bootlegging and extortion ring operating in their city. As they dig into the corruption, they get swept into a web of racketeers, mob violence, and romantic complications. The film explores the power of the press as the journalists risk everything to expose the criminal underworld.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fox Film Corporation
Keywords
- 1937 fox vault fire
- synchronized sound on discs
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Top Cast
Dorothy Burgess as Myrtle Hines
Robert Elliott as Wallace Crockett
Paul Page as Chick Slater
Dorothy Ward as Judy Revis
Roy Stewart as Ollie Bogardt
William H. Tooker as Harry Lamson
Arthur Hoyt as
Ben Hewlett as James Rollans
Top Crew
Benjamin Stoloff · Director
J. Clarkson Miller · Story
Joseph A. Valentine · Cinematographer
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