Five Star Final
A picture as sensational as its subject!
1931 | 89m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Mervyn LeRoy |
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| Writer: | Byron Morgan, Robert Lord |
| Staring: |
| Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 26, 1931 |
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| Director: | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Writer: | Byron Morgan, Robert Lord |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | press, based on play or musical, newspaper man, newspaper editor, pre-code, female journalist, breach of promise, sensationalism, accused of murder, crime serial, tabloid journalism, newspaper headline |
| Production Companies | First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $822,000
Budget: $310,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Edward G. Robinson | Joseph W. Randall |
| Marian Marsh | Jenny Townsend |
| H.B. Warner | Michael Townsend |
| Anthony Bushell | Phillip Weeks |
| George E. Stone | Ziggie Feinstein |
| Frances Starr | Nancy (Voorhees) Townsend |
| Ona Munson | Kitty Carmody |
| Boris Karloff | T. Vernon Isopod |
| Aline MacMahon | Miss Taylor |
| Oscar Apfel | Bernard Hinchecliffe |
| Purnell Pratt | Robert French |
| Robert Elliott | R.J. Brannegan |
| Polly Walters | Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
| James P. Burtis | |
| Richard Carlyle | |
| Frank Darien | |
| James Donlan | |
| Evelyn Hall | |
| Gladys Lloyd | |
| Arnold Lucy | |
| Franklin Parker | |
| William H. Strauss | |
| David Torrence | |
| Harold Waldridge | |
| Jack Wise |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Mervyn LeRoy | Director |
| Louis Weitzenkorn | Theatre Play |
| Byron Morgan | Screenplay |
| Robert Lord | Adaptation |
| Sol Polito | Director of Photography |
| Frank Ware | Editor |
| Jack Okey | Art Direction |
| Gordon Hollingshead | Assistant Director |
| Earl Luick | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hal B. Wallis | Producer |
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