The Murder Man

Steve Grey is a hotshot New York newspaper reporter, specializing in murder. When a crooked businessman named Halford is murdered, Steve pins the blame on the dead man’s associate, Henry Mander, theorizing that Halford was killed by a rifle from a shooting gallery across the street. Mander is arrested, tried and convicted. Steve goes to visit his father, Pop Grey, who is depressed over his business being ruined. The hard-working, hard-drinking Steve is urged by a woman who loves him, Mary, a gossip columnist, to take some time off. Another newspaper colleague, Shorty, comes to find him, saying their editor wants Steve to do an exclusive interview with condemned man Mander in prison. He goes to Sing Sing to do so. —Wikipedia