The secret formula for the world's most powerful explosive has been stolen from the U.S. government. William Brown, a clerk who aspires to be a detective, has just received his badge from some anonymous Midwestern agency, and manages to get himself embroiled in the intrigue.

• Metro Pictures Corporation
• Bert Lytell
• Ora Carew
• Sylvia Breamer
• DeWitt Jennings
• Theodore von Eltz