At the center of this hard-boiled love triangle of the streets, "King of the Newsboys" (1938), is Lew Ayres, who stars as Jerry Flynn, a regular Joe just trying to get by while keeping Helen Mack, as the beautiful love of his life, in tow. Before too long, she casts her lot with a crime boss who runs the local horse racing syndicate. It's not enough for Jerry to get her back, he wants revenge. Will he be able to keep his lady love in the midst of his hunger for retribution?