The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the person who kidnapped Peggy Meredith, the daughter of wealthy Agnes and Trumbull Meredith.
Ruth Chatterton
Agnes Meredith
Fredric March
Trumbull Meredith
John Cromwell
Walter Babbing
Fred Kohler
Joe Cooper
Mickey Bennett
Barney Cook
Vondell Darr
Peggy Meredith
Jack Oakie
Dopey Hart
Zasu Pitts
Rose Gleason
Richard Tucker
Blackie Baker
Eugene Pallette
Madison
Harriet Ford
Theatre Play
Harvey J. O'Higgins
Robert Milton
Director
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Writer
Louis J. Gasnier
Co-Director
