Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Claudette Colbert
• James Stewart
• Guy Kibbee
• Nat Pendleton
• Frances Drake
• Edgar Kennedy
• Ernest Truex
• Richard Carle