A struggling young engineer, Bob Sanderson, refuses to marry the very-rich Edith Stuart until he can support her on his own earnings. He goes to work for her father as a messenger in the telegraph business, and, via his engineering skills, discovers a plot to kidnap Edith.
Acting
Lew Ayres' earnest engineer charm carries every scene.
Production
Telegraph office sets surprisingly atmospheric for B-picture.
Director
David Selman
Lew Ayres
Bob Sanderson
Joan Perry
Edith Stuart
Thurston Hall
T. Gregory Stuart
Victor Kilian
Caretaker
Henry Mollison
Ralph Gurney
John Gallaudet
Hawsley
Gene Morgan
Presto Mullins
George McKay
Spud
Albert J. Smith
Cop
Wyrley Birch
Mr. Morrison
Wade Boteler
Captain of Detectives
Bobby Burns
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Cop (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Columbia cranked this out in 1936 as part of their 'Two-Reel Features' program meant to fill double bills cheaply.
Lew Ayres was fresh off 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1930) — this was his slide into B-movie territory before the Dr. Kildare series revived him.
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