Jack Pemberton, a cub reporter falls in love with Betty (Mary Mayberry), the governor's daughter. During an investigation into racketeering, Jack learns that gangster Velvet is attempting to kidnap Betty in order to force her father to pardon a relative on death row.
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Bob Steele as Jack Pemberton
Mary Maybery as Betty Standish (as Mary Mabery)
Perry Murdock as Shorty
Barney Furey as Velvet
William Welsh as Governor Standish
United States 26 August 1928
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