G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself upon the honest citizenry of the US. The crooks have flooded the market with counterfeit lottery tickets, reducing many an unwary speculator to poverty.
Acting
Preston Foster's granite-jawed G-Man sincerity.
Production
Monogram Pictures doing maximum with minimum.
Director
Phil Rosen
Preston Foster
Bill Collins
Irene Hervey
Linda Parker
Inez Courtney
Nellie Conrad
Chick Chandler
Jerry Howard
Noel Madison
Paul Duncan
Joe Downing
Marty Peters
Oscar O'Shea
John C. 'Pop' Andrews
Tom Dugan
'Binky' Cullen
Ray Walker
McBride
Cliff Clark
Allen Jennings
Matty Fain
Cal
Al Hill
Galvin
Robert Homans
Policeman
Selmer Jackson
Manager
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of roughly 50 films Phil Rosen directed in the 1930s for Poverty Row studios, often shot in under a week.
The 'damsel in distress' trope here reflects Depression-era anxieties about women's economic vulnerability — Linda's job at the lottery office isn't glamorous, it's survival.
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