Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for which the jewel is insured. It doesn't take him long to find the emerald, but he discovers that finding it was the easy part; the difficult part is getting it back to its rightful owner, and he winds up involved in a murder in which an innocent man is framed.
Movie tag line: "Sly but not slick - Jim Hanvey tops them all! Guy Kibbee ....his most loveable role!"
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Character: James Woolford 'Jim' Hanvey
Character: Don Terry
Character: Joan Frost
Character: Adelaide Frost
Character: O. R.Smith
Character: Romo
Character: Mrs. Tom Ellis
Character: Dunn
Character: W. B. Elwood
Character: Herbert Frost
Character: Lambert
Character: Davis
Character: Editor
Character: Sheriff Garrett
Character: Taxi Driver
Character: Pete
Character: Brackett
Character: Bit (uncredited)
Character: Copy Boy (uncredited)
Character: Society Woman (uncredited)
Character: Noisy Neighbor (uncredited)
Character: Bit (uncredited)
Character: Society Woman (uncredited)
Character: June (uncredited)
Character: Policeman (uncredited)