Joe McDoakes pleads “not guilty” to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in ’30s New York City.

A cowboy on the run from the law gets mixed up with a crooked horse race scheme.

Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.