Looking for Trouble is a 1934 American Pre-Code crime film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Spencer Tracy, Jack Oakie and Constance Cummings.

One night, he is offered a promotion, but declines, telling his boss that he is happy being a "trouble shooter" working out in the field, solving problems.

In an attempt to exculpate himself, Joe tells his boss about the reason for their involvement in the events, and about Dan's visit to the casino.

Their illegal business idea consists of tapping into the phone lines of a nearby investment company to get secret stock tips.

Joe is unaware of this sly operation, until one day when he and Casey are sent to investigate the investment company’s phone lines.

On their second attempt, Casey knocks over a can of kerosene and a lamp and sets the place on fire, as Joe again shorts out the wire.

While Joe and Pearl are still talking, the Long Beach earthquake of 1933 strikes the whole area, and the house they are in caves in from the shaking.

To get Pearl's story about how she killed Dan, Joe and Casey use an emergency phone line to connect her to the Los Angeles Chief of Police.