On a slow news day, the wisecracking staff of a newspaper write articles about the serious safety issues of a local excursion steamboat line.
Writing
Wisecracks so dense they hide the horror in plain sight.
Acting
Karns delivers cynicism like he's billing by the syllable.
Director
Norman Houston
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the brief 1929 window when Hollywood could still imply systemic corporate murder without Hays Code interference.
Roscoe Karns would spend the next three decades playing nearly identical fast-talking cynics; this is his prototype in crystal form.
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