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.
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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 as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Bob Perry as Henchman in Hayes' House (uncredited)
Albert Petit as Casino Patron (uncredited)
George Taylor as Henchman in 'Number One's' Office (uncredited)