The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)

A New York radio personality travels to the small town of Fernville to oversee a contest to identify retired safecracker Jimmy Valentine believed to be living there under an assumed name The closeknit town of upstanding citizens is understandably upset by this venture all the moreso when some of its citizens begin to be murdered The radio personality and the local newspapers young daughter collaborate on solving the murders while revealing Valentine who has become one of the suspects