A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
Acting
Roscoe Karns steals every scene as the sardonic sidekick Jeremiah.
Writing
Economic plotting — every line either advances suspects or zings someone.
Director
Phil Rosen
Wayne Morris
Stephen Wayne
Margaret Lindsay
Sue Casey
William Gargan
Walter Gifford
Roscoe Karns
Jeremiah Jenkins
Robert Emmett Keane
Chick Lester
James Burke
Police Captain Orr
William Pawley
Dan Kraley
Frank Mitchell
Lennie Noland
Eddy Chandler
Patrolman Harrigan
Cliff Clark
Police Inspector Early
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Patrolman Delaney
Wade Boteler
Bartender
Mary Treen
Hospital Switchboard Operator
Murray Alper
Joe - Counterman
Stanley Blystone
Police Sergeant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of Columbia's 'Crime Doctor' adjacent B-picture factory, cranked out in under two weeks with sets recycled from higher-budget productions.
Wayne Morris was a genuine WWII hero who returned to Hollywood and spent his career in exactly these kinds of efficient programmers — the man fought kamikazes, then fought bad scripts.
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