Pharmacy owner John St. Polis steps out for a few minutes. While he's gone, Jeffrey Sayre comes in, threatens soda jerk Frankie Darro and hotel porter Mantan Moreland. He places a long-distance call, says his news is too hot to put on the phone; he'll tell Darro and Moreland and hangs up. Then he dies before he can tell them. The rest of the movie consists of newspapermen and gangsters quizzing them; apparently someone stole $300,000 from a bank, and everyone wants it.
Putting aside the fact that your typical bank robbery even today yields less than $10,000, the point of this Monogram movie is to team yet again Darro and Moreland. Darro is young, enthusiastic, and hopeful; Moreland is comically scared. Their chemistry together is pretty good, but the single-mindedness of the movie works against it. With Mary Kornman (in her final screen role), Robert Warwick, and Lillian Elliott.
Putting aside the fact that your typical bank robbery even today yields less than $10,000, the point of this Monogram movie is to team yet again Darro and Moreland. Darro is young, enthusiastic, and hopeful; Moreland is comically scared. Their chemistry together is pretty good, but the single-mindedness of the movie works against it. With Mary Kornman (in her final screen role), Robert Warwick, and Lillian Elliott.