"Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital."
Richard Barthelmess
as Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee
Fay Wray
as Marcia Collins
Regis Toomey
as Charlie 'Breezy' Russell
Robert Elliott
as Frank Carter
Clark Gable
as Louis J. Blanco
Oscar Apfel
as Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
Robert Gleckler
as Sphinx Club Manager Larry Haynes
Mickey Bennett
as Arthur the Office Boy (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
as Cop (uncredited)
Martin Cichy
as Blanco's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
as Henchman in 'Number One's' Office (uncredited)
Herman Krumpfel
as Breck's Tailor (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
as Guard at 'Number One's' Office (uncredited)
Frank McLure
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
J. Carrol Naish
as "The Finger is on You" Phone Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Field Norton
Bob Perry
as Henchman in Hayes' House (uncredited)
Albert Petit
George Taylor
Adele Watson
as Wheeler's Secretary (uncredited)
John Francis Dillon
Director
Jack Okey
Art Direction
John Monk Saunders
Dialogue
Edward Stevenson
Costume Design
LeRoy Stone
Editor
W.R. Burnett
Writer
Producer
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Dolph Thomas
Sound