Overview
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.
Cast
- Ruth Chatterton as Agnes Meredith
- Fredric March as Trumbull Meredith
- John Cromwell as Walter Babbing
- Fred Kohler as Joe Cooper
- Mickey Bennett as Barney Cook
- Vondell Darr as Peggy Meredith
- Jack Oakie as Dopey Hart
- Zasu Pitts as Rose Gleason
- Richard Tucker as Blackie Baker
- Eugene Pallette as Madison