"SAFER WITH KILLERS INSIDE THESE CELLS...THAN WITH WOMEN WITHOUT HEARTS!"
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.
Michael Whalen
Dan Sparling
Dolores Costello
Margaret Bronson
Virginia Weidler
Ellen Sparling
Don Beddoe
Dinky
Selmer Jackson
John Wilson
Mary Forbes
Gertrude Bishop
Robert Emmett Keane
Sam Fulton
Pierre Watkin
Hewitt Bronson
Kathleen Lockhart
Miss Thornton
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.
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