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the ship docks at the other end of the Canal, Steve flies back to look for Torchy. In the meantime, Stan has caught Torchy spying on him and plans to kill her. Steve spots her wet clothes drying on Stan's balcony and breaks in, shooting him. Gahagan helps Torchy with her newspaper story and Steve proposes again.
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A search of his room comes up empty. When Stan sees Torchy leaving his room with Steve, he decides to sneak off the boat in Panama with the money, which he has hidden in a stuffed leopard mascot. Torchy sees him leave and follows him after leaving a note for Steve explaining the situation. As soon as
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Angeles delegation of Leopards through the Panama Canal and exchange the stolen money outside the country. After Steve leaves on an ocean liner without Torchy, she
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Gahagan witnesses a bank robbery during a parade of the Loyal Order of Leopards, he rushes off to call his boss, Steve McBride. Moments after Steve arrives at the bank, reporter Torchy Blane, Steve's girlfriend, arrives and does her own investigating. She is miffed to find another
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decides to parachute into the ocean, forcing the ocean liner to rescue her. On board, she ignores Steve and talks to all the
Leopards, trying to identify the thief. Her attention focuses on Stan Crafton after Gahagan tells her that he did not know the secret Leopard handshake.
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