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.

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Cast

Ruth Chatterton

Agnes Meredith

Fredric March

Trumbull Meredith

John Cromwell

Walter Babbing

Fred Kohler

Joe Cooper

Mickey Bennett

Barney Cook

Jack Oakie

Dopey Hart

Zasu Pitts

Rose Gleason

Richard Tucker

Blackie Baker

Eugene Pallette

Madison