An FBI agent (Walter McGrail), a reporter (Queenie Smith), and a lawyer (Irving Pichel) try to clear a man accused of murdering nightclub-owning gangster Eddie Geller (Willy Castello), even as the body count rises. An unmemorable, middling mystery fills its running time adequately but is likely worth only a single viewing.   Mildly recommended for genre …

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A newspaper columnist (Ralph Forbes) whose friend is implicated in the killing of a nightclub singer uses his society column to needle the real murderer as he works to clear his friend, eventually promising his readers that he will identify that party in his next column. A reasonably entertaining low-budget mystery.   Mildly recommended. Otto judiciously …

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