
Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses to desist in printing stories linking a gangster, Matthew Keever, to a murder. But Joslin, aided by Kit Williams, a newspaper woman with whom he is in love, investigate the murder case on their own time.

Wayne Morris
Dave Joslin

Janis Paige
Kit Williams

Bruce Bennett
Matthew J. Keever

Alan Hale
J.B. Grennell

James Mitchell
Marty Bremer

Barbara Bates
Beth Roberts

James Holden
Carl Schrader

Irving Bacon
Jury Foreman (uncredited)

George Chandler
Carl's Boss (uncredited)

Alex Gerry
Lawyer Markley (uncredited)

Billy Gray
Boy (uncredited)

Douglas Kennedy
Narrator (uncredited)

In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love

All the President's Men
All the President's Men

Sweet Smell of Success
Sweet Smell of Success

The Front Page
The Front Page

It Happened Tomorrow
It Happened Tomorrow

Women Are Trouble
Women Are Trouble

State of Play
State of Play

Dear Viola
Dear Viola

The Sellout
The Sellout

Impact
Impact

Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet

Jack Said
Jack Said