Komedie, USA, 1937, 62 min.



Immediately upon his release from prison, confidence artist Major Manning recruits his cohorts for a stock market scam involving a gold mine he had won gambling with a rich cellmate. Sure that the new scheme is arrest-proof, Manning then talks former gang member Steven Dorsey, who has "retired" to the country with his wife Nancy, into joining the operation. To secure the necessary capital, Dorsey tries to convince Nancy that the deal is legal and worthy of a $50,000 loan from their joint bank account by claiming that "Wall Street Winthrop" has endorsed the stock. Ever suspicious, Nancy insists upon meeting "Winthrop," thus forcing Steven to comb the city for a willing dupe named Winthrop. Eventually the gang produces Malcolm J. Winthrop, the wide-eyed financial editor of a Yonkers newspaper, whom they "hire" as the president of their new company, "The House of Winthrop Investments." Convinced by Malcolm, Nancy gives Steven the money, and veteran solicitors begin selling the "Golden Dream" stock over the telephone. To keep Malcolm busy, Steven encourages him to sell the stock to his Yonkers' friends, but forgets to tell him not to put any promises in writing. When one of the friends to whom Malcolm has written then contacts Inspector Mallory about a possible fraud, Mallory demands to see Malcolm. Although Steven tries to keep Malcolm away from Mallory, Malcolm discovers the gang's plot and, with a furious Nancy, threatens to confess all to the police. On the way to police headquarters, however, Malcolm, sensing Nancy's love for her incorrigible mate, decides to fly to New Mexico to inspect the mine. When Malcolm learns that the mine actually is brimming with gold, he returns to New York and uses Nancy's money to buy shares through reputable stockbrokers. In the meantime, Cupid, a dim-witted gang member, sells Inspector Mallory 200 shares of the stock and promises him in writing that they will "go to ten" in a week. To save themselves, the gang desperately starts buying back all of the previously sold shares, hoping to drive the price up, but discover too late that Nancy's money is gone. As Nancy prepares to leave Steven for Europe, Malcolm shows up and reveals the truth about Golden Dream. Reformed, Steven then rushes to stop now rich Nancy at the dock.
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