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Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
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May 19, 1939
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Claudette Colbert
Edwina Corday
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James Stewart
Guy Johnson
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Guy Kibbee
Fred 'Cap' Streeter
N
Nat Pendleton
Sergeant Fred Koretz
F
Frances Drake
Vivian Tarbel
E
Edgar Kennedy
Lieutenant Miller
E
Ernest Truex
Willie Heyward
R
Richard Carle
Major I. E. Willoughby
C
Cecilia Callejo
Dolores Gonzales
S
Sidney Blackmer
Al Mallon
A
Andy Clyde
'Gimpy' Wilson
C
Cliff Clark
Captain Haggerty
C
Cecil Cunningham
Madame J. L. Chambers
L
Leonard Kibrick
Herman Plotka
H
Hans Conried
Mr. Delmonico, Stage Manager
G
Grady Sutton
Lupton Peabody
L
Lowden Adams
Vivian's Butler (uncredited)
M
Murray Alper
Newspaper Man at Ferry Landing (uncredited)
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Monya Andre
Guest (uncredited)
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Lulu Mae Bohrman
Guest (uncredited)
