Dance, Fools, Dance

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.