

Five Star Final
1931 · Movie · 1h 29m · NR
CrimeDrama
"A picture as sensational as its subject!"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Key crew
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector
- Byron MorganScreenplay
Cast
- Edward G. RobinsonJoseph W. Randall
- Marian MarshJenny Townsend
- H.B. WarnerMichael Townsend
- Anthony BushellPhillip Weeks
- George E. StoneZiggie Feinstein
- Frances StarrNancy (Voorhees) Townsend
- Ona MunsonKitty Carmody
- Boris KarloffT. Vernon Isopod
- Aline MacMahonMiss Taylor
- Oscar ApfelBernard Hinchecliffe
- Purnell PrattRobert French
- Robert ElliottR.J. Brannegan
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Themes
pressbased on play or musicalnewspaper mannewspaper editorpre-codefemale journalistbreach of promisesensationalismaccused of murdercrime serialtabloid journalismnewspaper headline























