Love, Honor, and Oh-Baby!
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Charles Lamont
Wallace Ford
Mona Barrie
Donald Woods
Kathryn Adams
Warren Hymer
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Joe Redmond, a crusading radio reporter, is baffled by his inability to find an angle on Luffe, the infamous head of a murder ring operating within the city. Charging the police with incompetence, Joe sets out to find the criminal himself. Joe's roommate, Brian McGrath, a moody young novelist, is so depressed over being jilted by his sweetheart that he wants to die. If he commits suicide, however, a clause in his insurance policy will prevent his sweetheart from collecting on his insurance. Because McGrath wants her to have the money, he visits "Gimpy" Darnell, a bartender at a waterfront saloon, and gives him $1,000 to hire two of Luffe's hitmen to bump him off. Another $1,000 deposited in a post office box will be paid when the boys complete the job. Roaming the city that night, waiting for death to strike, McGrath gets into a fight while trying to protect a girl and is knocked cold. The girl, Susan, takes the unconscious novelist to his apartment, where she meets Joe and quarrels with him. When McGrath awakens the next day, he remembers nothing, not even his own name. Joe indifferently advises him to see a doctor and then turns his attention to the Luffe case. Later, Susan visits McGrath to see how he is getting along, and the pair discover a mutual attraction. With all his imagined worries purged from his mind, McGrath falls in love with Susan and marries her. Trailing them to the altar are Luffe's gun men, Tony and Bull, who are waiting to finish their job. Deliriously happy, McGrath suddenly regains his memory and realizes that he may be shot down at any minute. While attempting to find Luffe to cancel the deal, McGrath visits Deedee Doree, a nightclub entertainer and reputed moll of the killer. Deedee gets the novelist drunk and learns that Tony and Bull have been cheating on the boss. When Susan sees Deedee and McGrath together, she begins to pack her things and leave, but Joe persuades her that Deedee is involved in a murder ring and McGrath is in serious danger. Together, Joe and Susan trail Bull and Tony to Luffe's hideout in the country. In a rousing fight, Joe captures Luffe and his gunmen, thus scoring the scoop that he has been seeking. With the murder ring smashed McGrath and Susan face a happy life together.
Director
Charles Lamont
Cast
Wallace Ford
Mona Barrie
Donald Woods
Kathryn Adams
Warren Hymer
Marc Lawrence
Hobart Cavanaugh
Eddy Waller
Irving Bacon
Frank Puglia
Tom Jackson
Jack Arnold
Eddy Chandler
Matt Mchugh
David Oliver
Robert Frazer
Frank O'connor
Gay Seabrook
Bob Mckenzie
Fay Mckenzie
Ralph Brooks
Leonard Sues
Gerald Pierce
Crew
Bernard B. Brown
Stanley Cortez
Ralph M. Delacy
Fred Frank
R. A. Gausman
William Hedgcock
Charles Henderson
Hal Herman
Ted Kent
Jack Otterson
Charles Previn
H. J. Salter
Frank Skinner
Elizabeth Troy
Vera West
Clarence Upson Young
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The working title of this picture was No Exit. The copyright records credit Charles Previn with music direction, but the reviews credit H. J. Salter. This film is not related to the 1933 Universal film of the same title.
