A young lawyer is elected mayor of the city and promises to rid it of the corruption it's famous for. The problem is that most of the corruption he's vowed to eliminate is caused by the crooked political machine that helped elect him.
Acting
Preston Foster's sweaty desperation as a reformer drowning in his own hypocrisy.
Production
Scrappy Poverty Row energy—barely legal, barely budgeted, barely surviving.
Director
Charles E. Roberts
Preston Foster
Tim Butler
Evalyn Knapp
Ellen Manning
Charles Delaney
Charlie Jasper
Tully Marshall
Gorman
Natalie Moorhead
Sylvia Gorman
Warner Richmond
Regan
Kit Guard
Pat
Mischa Auer
Volkov
Sidney Bracey
Dr. Robbins
Fred Kohler Jr.
Bud
Gwen Lee
Mae
Huntley Gordon
District Attorney Blake
Lane Chandler
Assistant District Attorney King
Jason Robards Sr.
Police Commissioner
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