Newspaper reporter Tim Rourke keeps writing articles that attack the police department for its failure to solve a chain of murders, which nearly leads to the reporter's death. He calls in private detective Michael Shayne, who turns up a blonde and a blackmailer.
Movie tag line: "MICHAEL SHANE, DETECTIVE STEPS OUT WITH A BLONDE...AND GETS KNOCKED FOR A LOOP BY A BRUNETTE!"
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Character: Michael Shayne
Character: Phyllis Hamilton
Character: Inspector Pete Rafferty
Character: Helen Porter
Character: Walter Bronson
Character: Dillingham 'Dilly' Smith
Character: Tim Rourke
Character: Hank Brenner
Character: Chief of Police Will Gentry (as Charles Wilson)
Character: Muriel Bronson
Character: Minerva Dickens