Protection

Overview

During the height of Prohibition courageous reporter Chick Slater and determined "sob sister" journalist Myrtle Hines uncover a dangerous bootlegging and extortion ring operating in their city. As they dig into the corruption, they get swept into a web of racketeers, mob violence, and romantic complications. The film explores the power of the press as the journalists risk everything to expose the criminal underworld.

Cast

Dorothy Burgess

Myrtle Hines

Robert Elliott

Wallace Crockett

Paul Page

Chick Slater

Dorothy Ward

Judy Revis

Roy Stewart

Ollie Bogardt

William H. Tooker

Harry Lamson

Arthur Hoyt

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Ben Hewlett

James Rollans

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Joe Brown

Joe Brown