"Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller."
Melvyn Douglas
as Joel Sloane
Florence Rice
as Garda Sloane
Claire Dodd
as Julia Thorne
Shepperd Strudwick
as Ned Morgan
Louis Calhern
as Elias Z. Bannerman
Nat Pendleton
as Paul Terison
Douglass Dumbrille
as Arnold Stamper (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Mary Howard
as Leah Brockler
George Zucco
as Otto Brockler
Minor Watson
as Steve Langner
Donald Douglas
as Lt. James Flanner
Dwight Frye
as Sidney Z. Wheeler
Thurston Hall
as Dist. Atty. MacMillen
Horace McMahon
as Danny Scolado (as Horace MacMahon)
Barbara Bedford
as MacMillen's Secretary (uncredited)
James B. Carson
as Safe Expert (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
as Maitre d' (uncredited)
Roger Converse
as Assistant Dist. Atty. Byers (uncredited)
Jack Foss
as Attendant Bringing Sandwich (uncredited)
Natalie Garson
as Mildred, Girl with Sidney (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
as Police Detective (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
as Policeman (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Auction Attendee (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as Man in Victim's House (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Henry Sylvester
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Gabriel Scognamillo
Assistant Art Director
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Edwin B. Willis
Dolly Tree
Wardrobe Designer
Edward Buzzell
Director
Fredrick Y. Smith
Editor
Frederick Stephani
Producer
Clyde De Vinna
Director of Photography
William Axt
Music
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Marco Page
Novel
Harold Tarshis
Screenplay
Charles O'Malley
Assistant Director
Harry Kurnitz