Obnoxious William Eugene moves in on his brother-in-law, perpetually drunk reporter Frank McHugh. They cook up a scheme to get Frank a story and Eugene publicity by having him confess to a murder, While he's waiting to be hanged, McHugh investigates by getting drunk.
It's a good set-up and fine first five minutes to this RKO short, in what was supposed to be a long series for McHugh based on his character in THE FRONT PAGE. It's pretty good throughout too, if you ignore the rather haphazard way McHugh investigates --- which looks like it was supposed to be a running gag in the series. However, McHugh soon wound up at Warner Brothers, a member of their "Irish Mafia" ringled by Jimmy Cagney and Pat O'Brien, and did very well for himself.
