****SPOILERS**** Edward G. Robinson as hard hitting editor of the New York Mercury newspaper Bruce Coprey bites off more then he can chew when he starts going after his silent partner in the paper big time mobster Merrill Lambert, Edward Arnold. This ends up with Corey's star reporter young 23 year old Tommy Jarvis, Wittiam T. Orr, being kidnapped by Lambert's hoods and threatened to be disappeared, or murdered, by them unless Corey hands over his 50% of the newspaper to Lambert. It was by Tommy discovering an insurance & loan shark racket that Lambert was involved in that was the straw that broke the camel's back as far as Lambert was concerned. Now taking off the gloves and playing hard ball newspaper editor Corey resorts to the same tactics that his unholy partner was involved in with him freeing Tommy from Lambert's clutches even if he has to kill to do it.
Even though the Mercury was a smashing success publishing tabloid like news stories editor Corey just couldn't help going after his partner on the paper Merrill Lambert who he felt was an insult to everything that America stands for. In turn by going on a holy crusade against Lambert Corey himself ended up being not that much better hen he is. You seem to notice that Corey was really enjoying what he was doing to expose Lambert and his bookie insurance gambling and loan shark rackets but was doing it for his own self gratification not to really help those victimized by them. In fact Cory like to do some illegal gambling on his own which ended up getting him the cash he needed to start up his hard hitting against crime newspaper in the first place. With Tommy's life now in danger because of his attempts to expose and have indited his partner in the newspaper Merrill Lambert Corey goes all out to free him even at the expense of his both reputation as well as life to do it.
****SPOILERS**** After getting the job done by whacking Lambert, who in fact tried to whack him, and getting Tommy freed Corey takes a trans Atlantic flight, that his newspaper is sponsoring, with famed French pilot Molyneaux, Marcel Dailo, across the Atlantic Ocean only to fly into a violent sea storm and be lost at sea. This not only confirms Corey's reputation as a fighter against crimes but keeps him from being arrested and indited for Lambert's murder which was in fact a case of self defense. As for Tommy Jarvis he can now go back to work replacing Corey as the editor of the Mercury newspaper and continue the work, in fighting and exposing crime, that his good friend the late or lost at sea Bruce Corey started.
Even though the Mercury was a smashing success publishing tabloid like news stories editor Corey just couldn't help going after his partner on the paper Merrill Lambert who he felt was an insult to everything that America stands for. In turn by going on a holy crusade against Lambert Corey himself ended up being not that much better hen he is. You seem to notice that Corey was really enjoying what he was doing to expose Lambert and his bookie insurance gambling and loan shark rackets but was doing it for his own self gratification not to really help those victimized by them. In fact Cory like to do some illegal gambling on his own which ended up getting him the cash he needed to start up his hard hitting against crime newspaper in the first place. With Tommy's life now in danger because of his attempts to expose and have indited his partner in the newspaper Merrill Lambert Corey goes all out to free him even at the expense of his both reputation as well as life to do it.
****SPOILERS**** After getting the job done by whacking Lambert, who in fact tried to whack him, and getting Tommy freed Corey takes a trans Atlantic flight, that his newspaper is sponsoring, with famed French pilot Molyneaux, Marcel Dailo, across the Atlantic Ocean only to fly into a violent sea storm and be lost at sea. This not only confirms Corey's reputation as a fighter against crimes but keeps him from being arrested and indited for Lambert's murder which was in fact a case of self defense. As for Tommy Jarvis he can now go back to work replacing Corey as the editor of the Mercury newspaper and continue the work, in fighting and exposing crime, that his good friend the late or lost at sea Bruce Corey started.