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

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

7.3

A Man for All Seasons

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7.5

Pandora's Box

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The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.

7.4

Scarface

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7.6

A Few Good Men

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7.7

All the President's Men

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7.0

Shanghai Express

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7.1

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

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„Od štvrtka do zmŕtvychvstania...“

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No overview available.

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9.0

Soud boží

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No overview available.

9.0

Romeo and Juliet

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Ballet performance by The Royal Ballet, recorded at Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, July 1984.

5.5

The Delavine Affair

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Peter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life's mission to track down a vicious gang of thieves. When his informant winds up dead, Rex finds himself framed for murder.

5.2

Khanuma

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6.0

Three Who Loved

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A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.

6.8

Closer

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7.3

Othello

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Noble Moroccan Othello finds his life with beautiful, fiercely loyal Desdemona thrown tragically out of balance when secretly jealous, scheming confidante Iago begins an insidious campaign of lies and treachery.

5.0

A Lady's Morals

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Romantic biography of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind and her famous affairs.

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Zítra to spustíme

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No overview available.

4.6

Once a Lady

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A young Russian woman marries a wealthy Englishman, and has a daughter with him. After she has an affair with one of his friends, she is forced to leave Britain and moves to Paris. Many years later, her daughter approaches her, needing her help.

7.3

Torch Song Trilogy

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Arnold Beckoff is looking for love and acceptance, but as a gay man working as a female impersonator in 1970s New York City, neither come easily. After a series of heartaches, Arnold believes he has found the love of his life in Alan, and the couple make plans to adopt. But when tragedy strikes, Arnold's life is shaken to its very core, leading to a confrontation with his overbearing mother, who has never approved of her son's lifestyle.