Sherlock Brown

Directed by Frank Lloyd

With Bert Lytell, Ora Carew, Sylvia Breamer, DeWitt Jennings and Theodore von Eltz

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.