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Five Star Final (1931)
A picture as sensational as its subject!
89 minNot RatedCrimeDrama
TMDb6.6/1048 votes
IMDb7.3/102,609 votes
Rotten Tomatoes91%
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.
Country: United States
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
Cast
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
Keywords
Plot:pressbased on play or musicalnewspaper mannewspaper editorpre-codefemale journalistbreach of promisesensationalismaccused of murdercrime serialtabloid journalismnewspaper headline
