The Big Tip Off

Mar 20, 1955

1h 18m

★ 5.5

HE KNOWS EVERYTHING THE UNDERWORLD DOES!

Overview

A newspaper man uses a mobster's tips to get the scoop on gangster activities.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

William F. Broidy Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Johnny Denton

Richard Conte

Penny Conroy

Constance Smith

Bob Gilmore

Bruce Bennett

Sister Mary Joan of Arc

Cathy Downs

Det. Lt. George East

James Millican

Hood #1

Dick Benedict

Father Kearney

Sam Flint

Sister Superior

Mary Carroll

Dan Curry - Gambler

Murray Alper

Mrs. Marshall

Lela Bliss

Spade

Spade Cooley

Hood #2

Harry Guardino

Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.

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