Once again Orville H. Hampton wrote the screenplay and Robert E. Kent produced. This time they came up with a nifty story starring Ron Foster as Skip Hanlon, a small time reporter looking for a big story. This was one of several Cahn movie Foster starred in over a two year period.
Hanlon spends his off hours on a small boat looking for things to salvage to keep a roof over his head. One night he discovers that a man named Milo Fowler is earning a lot of money doing something he prefers not to talk about.
Hanlon discovers that Milo (Barry Kelly) is making extra money by running gangsters into Mexico at the behest of Rick Correll (Grant Richards). Hanlon uses Milo's beautiful daughter Janey (Merry Anders), whom he has fallen for, as a way to get more information on her father's activities.
Milo's world comes crashing down slowly but surely and soon even Hanlon and Janey have their lives in danger. This is a remake of the 1930 Claudette Colbert film entitled "I Cover The Waterfront" and it moves along pretty good.
I have always like Merry Anders, and she looks extremely beautiful in this film. The pacing is tight, the directing by Cahn is well done and you see a lot of familiar faces in this film that you have seen in many other Cahn films.
The rest of the cast includes Norman Alden, James Seay, Billie Bird and Ralph Manza. Recommended!!
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