A blackmail threat from an old prison buddy compels a man who has gone straight to consider yet another crime.
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Edmund Lowe as Danny Driscoll / John Vincent / George Atwater
Irene Hervey as Louise Dalton
Henry Wilcoxon as Bob Trent
Paul Fix as Nick Romero
Arthur Loft as Carl Gobel
Claire Carleton as Virgie Gobel
Charles Lane as Phil Wesner, Defense Attorney
Adele Palmer Costume Design
Robert North Producer
Phil Rosen Director
Joseph Krumgold Writer
Ernest Miller Director of Photography
Ernest J. Nims Editor
Garnett Weston Writer
United States 10 May 1940
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