A reporter named "Hildy" (Pat O'Brien) is planning to leave his job and move to New York with his fiancée, “Peggy” (Mary Brian), for a higher-paying position in advertising. However, his editor, “Burns” (Adolphe Menjou), needs him to cover one final story before he goes, and has to use some tricks to convince him to do it. The story revolves around "Earle Williams" (George E. Stone), who escaped from death row. "Hild…