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After inheriting a newspaper in a small country town, Carmel Lee leaves her home in the city to take charge of it. She soon discovers that the town is terrorized by a band of bootleggers, who abduct and later kill the local sheriff. With the aid of Professor Pell, who has been recently fired as school superintendent, Carmel makes a public issue of the sheriff's murder, editorializing in her paper for justice and reform. Pell and Carmel are kidnapped by the bootleggers, but Carmel escapes and alerts the police. The bootleggers are arrested, the sheriff's murder in solved, and Abner Fownes, a politician and one of the town's leading citizens, is uncovered as the leader of the gang.

Top Cast

  • Lois Wilson

    Lois Wilson

    Carmel Lee

  • Noah Beery

    Noah Beery

    Deputy Jenney

  • Raymond Hatton

    Raymond Hatton

    Launcelot Bangs

  • Raymond McKee

    Raymond McKee

    Evan B. Pell

  • Charles Ogle

    Charles Ogle

    Sheriff Churchill

  • Luke Cosgrave

    Luke Cosgrave

    Tubal

  • Edwards Davis

    Edwards Davis

    Abner Fownes

  • Johnny Fox

    Johnny Fox

    Simmy

  • Victor Potel

    Victor Potel

    George Bogardus

Overview

After inheriting a newspaper in a small country town, Carmel Lee leaves her home in the city to take charge of it. She soon discovers that the town is terrorized by a band of bootleggers, who abduct and later kill the local sheriff. With the aid of Professor Pell, who has been recently fired as school superintendent, Carmel makes a public issue of the sheriff's murder, editorializing in her paper for justice and reform. Pell and Carmel are kidnapped by the bootleggers, but Carmel escapes and alerts the police. The bootleggers are arrested, the sheriff's murder in solved, and Abner Fownes, a politician and one of the town's leading citizens, is uncovered as the leader of the gang.

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