"A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set."
Jack Haley
as Larry Elliot
Ann Savage
as Sally Warren
Barton MacLane
as George 'Deacon' Markham
Veda Ann Borg
as Flo Rosson
Roger Pryor
as Richardson
George E. Stone
as Mink
Robert Emmett Keane
as Prof. Wisner
Lucien Littlefield
as Charles Waldeck / Preston Waldeck
Paul Hurst
as Sheriff
Arthur Aylesworth
as Emerson Cooke
Eily Malyon
as Mrs. Cooke
Buddy Swan
as Oliver Waldeck
Walter Baldwin
as Deputy with Rifle (Uncredited)
Dick Curtis
as Bus Driver (Uncredited)
Edward Earle
as Joshua Elliott (Uncredited)
Charles Williams
as Reporter (Uncredited)
Jack Deery
as Chess Match Spectator (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Maxwell Shane
Associate Producer
William R. Fox
Sound Recordist
Alexander Laszlo
Original Music Composer
Ray C. Smallwood
Visual Effects
Howard A. Smith
Supervising Editor
Alex Weldon
Screenplay
Frank McDonald
Director
William C. Thomas
Producer
William H. Pine
Daniel Mainwaring
Roy Berk
Set Decoration
Henry Adams
Editor
Fred Jackman Jr.
Director of Photography
Frank Paul Sylos
Art Direction
