Tough to Handle

Tough to Handle

The Nation's Newest Racket Exposed!

NR 1937 · 60 min · ★ 6.3 · Crime

A young reporter's grandfather wins a sweepstakes, but it turns out that his ticket is phony. The reporter finds out that the police are looking for the criminal ring responsible for the phony-sweepstakes racket, so he and his young brother set out to track down the gang responsible and expose them.

Directed by S. Roy Luby · Written by Peter B. Kyne

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