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.
Claudette Colbert
as Edwina Corday
James Stewart
as Guy Johnson
Guy Kibbee
as Fred 'Cap' Streeter
Nat Pendleton
as Sergeant Fred Koretz
Frances Drake
as Vivian Tarbel
Edgar Kennedy
as Lieutenant Miller
Ernest Truex
as Willie Heyward
Richard Carle
as Major I. E. Willoughby
Cecilia Callejo
as Dolores Gonzales
Sidney Blackmer
as Al Mallon
Andy Clyde
as 'Gimpy' Wilson
Cliff Clark
as Captain Haggerty
