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RELEASED • 1937 • DRAMA • CRIME

Original
movie
Rating
3
Language
English
Runtime
85m
Popularity
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Overview
When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government Committee who put him behind bars. Members of the committee include Colonel Bogardus, owner of the World , Horace Mitchell, a candidate for mayor, and Mr. Franklin, a department store owner. First Gillette buys a rival newspaper, the Sentinel , and offers a pricey editorship to World newsman Ralph Houston, who refuses the offer on principle. That evening, Ralph and his partner, Tod Swain, are greeted at home by a creditor, and Vina Swain, Ralph's fiancée, is furious to find out he turned down Gillette's offer. When she learns Ralph went into debt to put her through college, she warns Gillette of a police raid and pays back Ralph's debt with Gillette's renumeration. When Ralph orders Vina not to work for Gillette, she breaks their engagement.
Cast

Fred MacMurray
Ralph Houston

Frances Farmer
Vina Swain

Charles Ruggles
Tod Swain

Lloyd Nolan
Charles Gillette

Fay Holden
Mrs. Swain

Horace McMahon
Beak McArdle

Ralph Morgan
Horace Mitchell

Edward H. Robins
Colonel Bogardus

Harlan Briggs
Springer

Willard Robertson
Mr. Franklin
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