
Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected.

Edgar Bergen
Himself

Robert Cummings
Scotty Hamilton

Constance Moore
Sheila Stuart

John Sutton
Bill Banning

Louis Calhern
Arthur Aldrich

Edgar Kennedy
Inspector Dailey

Samuel S. Hinds
Court Aldrich

Harold Huber
Tony Garcia

Warren Hymer
Dutch
Mortimer Snerd
Mortimer Snerd

Ray Turner
Harrison 'Gravy' Randolph

Stanley Andrews
Freight Captain

Granville Bates
Judge Black

Dora Clement
Drunk's Wife

G. Pat Collins
McNeil