The Mystery Man (1935)

Hardboiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle Robert Armstrong goes a bit too far in celebrating a work bonus and wakes up on a train bound for St Louis with only a buck on his person To remedy the problem Doyle pawns the revolver hes carrying When the gun is subsequently used in a murder Doyles problems only multiply In the meantime hes also fallen in love with a comely stranger Maxine Doyle he convinced to impersonate his wife