"An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case."
Dennis O'Keefe
as P. Cadwallader Jones
Florence Rice
as Terry Parker
Peter Lorre
as Paul Hyde
Stanley Ridges
as District Attorney Tom F. Winton
Minor Watson
as Arthur Barret
Charles Arnt
as Herman Winkle
Joan Blair
as Betty Paradise
Charles Halton
as Hazelton - Barrett's Aide
Alan Edwards
as Grew
George Watts
as Judge White
Sarah Edwards
as Miss Petherby
Helen Brown
as Mrs. Paul Hyde
Eddie Acuff
as Cabbie
Jessie Arnold
as Winkle's Landlady
Vince Barnett
as Coroner's Messenger
William Benedict
as Office Boy
John Butler
as Detective in Café
Jack Carr
as Joe
Tommy Cook
as Newspaper Boy
Dick Elliott
Gus Glassmire
as Merchants Bank Manager
Eddie Gribbon
Frank Hagney
as Henchman
Jane Keckley
as Irate Motorist
Fred Kelsey
as Officer McCloskey
Billy Mitchell
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Anne O'Neal
as Martha
Hugh Prosser
as Barrett's Aide
Dewey Robinson
Edwin Stanley
as Public Defender
Robert Strange
as Westman's Attorney
Grady Sutton
as Hat Salesman
Archie Twitchell
as Motorcycle Officer
Norma Varden
as Hat Saleswoman
Emmett Vogan
as Atty. Murphy
Ben Welden
as Monk Westman
Charles Williams
as Detective in Café (uncredited)
Dave Willock
as Hypo
William Morgan
Director
Phillips Lord
Radio Play
Karl Brown
Screenplay
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Leonard Fields
Associate Producer