Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it premiered in New York City on July 31, 1936, and was released nationwide the following week on August 7.

[1] The film stars Fred Stone, Louise Latimer and Owen Davis, Jr. George Taylor is one of the scions of town.

The trial he is to serve on the grand jury for is to determine whether a local racketeer, Joseph Britt, should be tried for the murder of a young man.

When the story hits the papers, one of those prominent citizens, Jim Hanify, concocts a plot to have Evans released from jail, so that the gang can kill him.

George Stone is acclaimed as a local hero, and O'Connell redeems himself in the eyes of his editor, who rehires him with a promotion and raise, which will allow him to afford to marry Edith.

[2] Later that month, it was announced that James Edward Grant had been assigned to assist in adapting the story for the screen, and that Charles Vidor had been selected to direct the picture.

At that time George Lloyd, Mattie Fain, and Harry Bowen were also announced as members of the cast, although they did not appear in the final version of the film.

[13] Other actors added to the cast in early July were Edward Gargan, Sid Jarvis, J.C. Fowler, Jack Gardner, Robert Middlemass, and Henry Roquemore.

[17] In August the National Legion of Decency gave the film an A-1 rating, meaning it was classified as unobjectionable for general audiences.