

69 minutes
3/27/1941
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

Dennis O'Keefe
as P. Cadwallader Jones

Florence Rice
as Terry Parker

Peter Lorre
as Paul Hyde

Stanley Ridges
as District Attorney Tom F. Winton

Minor Watson
as Arthur Barret

Charles Arnt
as Herman Winkle
Joan Blair
as Betty Paradise

Charles Halton
as Hazelton - Barrett's Aide

Alan Edwards
as Grew
George Watts
as Judge White

Sarah Edwards
as Miss Petherby

Helen Brown
as Mrs. Paul Hyde

Eddie Acuff
as Cabbie

Jessie Arnold
as Winkle's Landlady

Vince Barnett
as Coroner's Messenger

William Benedict
as Office Boy
John Butler
as Detective in Café
Jack Carr
as Joe

Tommy Cook
as Newspaper Boy

Dick Elliott
as Detective in Café
Gus Glassmire
as Merchants Bank Manager

Eddie Gribbon
as Detective in Café

Frank Hagney
as Henchman

Jane Keckley
as Irate Motorist

Fred Kelsey
as Officer McCloskey

Billy Mitchell
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Anne O'Neal
as Martha

Hugh Prosser
as Barrett's Aide

Dewey Robinson
as Detective in Café

Edwin Stanley
as Public Defender

Robert Strange
as Westman's Attorney

Grady Sutton
as Hat Salesman

Archie Twitchell
as Motorcycle Officer

Norma Varden
as Hat Saleswoman

Emmett Vogan
as Atty. Murphy

Ben Welden
as Monk Westman

Charles Williams
as Detective in Café (uncredited)

Dave Willock
as Hypo