Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, [1938]. Octavo, original blue cloth, design stamped in blind to front cover and spine, lettering stamped in gold to front and spine. First edition. Basis for the 1939 Warner Brothers film directed by William Keighley starring James Cagney as Frank Ross, a reporter who is doing a story on political corruption but is framed and sent to prison before he can get his story out. Also stars George Raft as the gangster in prison Cagney seeks help from.