During the height of Prohibition courageous reporter Chick Slater and determined "sob sister" journalist Myrtle Hines uncover a dangerous bootlegging and extortion ring operating in their city. As they dig into the corruption, they get swept into a web of racketeers, mob violence, and romantic complications. The film explores the power of the press as the journalists risk everything to expose the criminal underworld.
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Cast
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Dorothy Burgess
Myrtle Hines
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Robert Elliott
Wallace Crockett
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Paul Page
Chick Slater
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Dorothy Ward
Judy Revis
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Harry Lamson
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Arthur Hoyt
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Ben Hewlett
James Rollans
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Benjamin Stoloff Director · J. Clarkson Miller Story Joseph A. Valentine Cinematographer
United States release May 5, 1929 · Produced in United States
Production
Fox Film Corporation
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · May 5, 1929
Theatrical
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