
86 minutes
5/19/1939
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.

Claudette Colbert
as Edwina Corday

James Stewart
as Guy Johnson

Guy Kibbee
as Fred 'Cap' Streeter

Nat Pendleton
as Sergeant Fred Koretz

Frances Drake
as Vivian Tarbel

Edgar Kennedy
as Lieutenant Miller

Ernest Truex
as Willie Heyward

Richard Carle
as Major I. E. Willoughby

Cecilia Callejo
as Dolores Gonzales

Sidney Blackmer
as Al Mallon

Andy Clyde
as 'Gimpy' Wilson

Cliff Clark
as Captain Haggerty

Cecil Cunningham
as Madame J. L. Chambers
Leonard Kibrick
as Herman Plotka

Hans Conried
as Mr. Delmonico, Stage Manager

Grady Sutton
as Lupton Peabody
Lowden Adams
as Vivian's Butler (uncredited)

Murray Alper
as Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
Monya Andre
as Guest (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
as Guest (uncredited)

Harry Burns
as Mike - the Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)

George Chandler
as Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)

Frank Coghlan Jr.
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Hal Cooke
as Gus - the Waiter (uncredited)

Maurice Costello
as Guest (uncredited)
Rae Daggett
as Hotel Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Daisy
as A Dog (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing
as Actor as 'Captain Flagg' (uncredited)

John Dilson
as Doctor (uncredited)
Peter Du Rey
as Guest (uncredited)

Rex Evans
as Scout Master (uncredited)

Frank Faylen
as Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
as Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)
Tom Hanlon
as Radio Announcer (voice)
Harold Hoff
as Spike (uncredited)

Mike Lally
as Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)

W.E. Lawrence
as Guest (uncredited)
Wally Maher
as Nate - Photographer at Ferry Landing (uncredited)

Fay McKenzie
as Guest (uncredited)

Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
as Georgie - Actor as 'Wounded Soldier' (uncredited)

George Meeker
as Ned Brown (uncredited)

Harold Miller
as Guest (uncredited)

Alberto Morin
as Waiter (uncredited)
Philip Morris
as Policeman on Train (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall
as Reporter with Vivian (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux
as Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Raymond
as Lipinsky (uncredited)
Mary Louise Smith
as Guest (uncredited)

William Tannen
as Actor as 'Soldier' (uncredited)

Phillip Terry
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
as Police Officer Drivng Patrol Car (uncredited)

Ray Walker
as Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)