Early in this brisk dramedy, a jaded newsman laments that some reporters furnish the manure while some grow the flowers. Editor JoeRandall's newspaper is suddenly in the manure biz. To increase readership and revenues, he's pressured against his principles tocome up with a sensationalist tale or two. So Randall revisits a love-nest murder of years past. Circulation soars. But livingpeople – real people – involved in the story are suddenly victimized. Randall could never imagine the tragedy to follow. As Randall,Edward G. Robinson finds a role to match his authoritative talents in this hot-off-the-presses Best Picture Academy Award nominee*directed for hard-hitting effect by Mervyn LeRoy. Boris Karloff, just weeks away from the release of Frankenstein, plays Randall'sshady lead reporter.