"A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder."
Ernest Truex
as Wallace Porter
Una Merkel
as Toby Van Buren
John Miljan
as Charlie
Johnny Hines
as Slim
Edward Arnold
as Dillon
C. Henry Gordon
as Lombardo
Joseph Cawthorn
as Barfuss
Nat Pendleton
as Joe
Tenen Holtz
as Herman
Marcelle Corday
as Hilda
Frederick Burton
as Mr. Van Buren (uncredited)
Jack Kennedy
as Detective (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
as Porter (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Greta Meyer
as Mrs. Barfuss (uncredited)
Walter Percival
as Sam (uncredited)
Jack Perry
as Bennie (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
as Cossack (uncredited)
Leonard Sillman
as Young Lombardo (uncredited)
Guy Usher
Elliott Nugent
Director
Screenplay
Laurence Gross
Theatre Play
Edward Childs Carpenter
Charles Reisner
Co-Director
Norbert Brodine
Director of Photography
Ben Lewis
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Errol Taggart
Assistant Director
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
James Brock
Sound Mixer
William Axt
Music