Five Star Final

Sep 26, 1931

1h 29m

★ 6.6

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

The Vitaphone Corporation

First National Pictures

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Cast

Joseph W. Randall

Edward G. Robinson

Jenny Townsend

Marian Marsh

Michael Townsend

H.B. Warner

Phillip Weeks

Anthony Bushell

Ziggie Feinstein

George E. Stone

Nancy (Voorhees) Townsend

Frances Starr

Kitty Carmody

Ona Munson

T. Vernon Isopod

Boris Karloff

Miss Taylor

Aline MacMahon

Bernard Hinchecliffe

Oscar Apfel

Robert French

Purnell Pratt

R.J. Brannegan

Robert Elliott

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