During his reelection campaign, crooked politician Paul Madvig resolves to clean up his act, rejecting the mobster Nick Varna's support and associating with the respectable reforming politician Ralph Henry. When Ralph's son, Taylor Henry, a gambler and the lover of Paul's sister Opal, is murdered, Ed Beaumont, Paul's right arm, discovers his body on the street. Nick leverages The Observer's financial difficulties to compel publisher Clyde Matthews to use the publication to raise suspicions about Paul Madvig's involvement in Taylor's murder.
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During his reelection campaign, crooked politician Paul Madvig resolves to clean up his act, rejecting the mobster Nick Varna's support and associating with the respectable reforming politician Ralph Henry. When Ralph's son, Taylor Henry, a gambler and the lover of Paul's sister Opal, is murdered, Ed Beaumont, Paul's right arm, discovers his body on the street. Nick leverages The Observer's financial difficulties to compel publisher Clyde Matthews to use the publication to raise suspicions about Paul Madvig's involvement in Taylor's murder.
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