A criminal lawyer's wife is blackmailed when she is falsely accused of infidelity.

When newspaper reporter Tim Collins, of the "Post", is slugged while investigating the shooting of a big-time gambler, he sets out to get his man with such determination that he ends up in jail. There, he discovers a "parole racket" which involves a crooked politician, and he faces death to get the story for his paper.

Friends uncover a dark secret when they compare notes about a theft and suicide.