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    Five Star Final

    1931 · Crime drama · 1h 29m

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  1. Five Star Final. Five Star Final is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film about the excesses of tabloid journalism directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Edward G. Robinson, Aline MacMahon (in her screen debut) and Boris Karloff. The screenplay was by Robert Lord and Byron Morgan based on the 1930 play of the same name by Louis Weitzenkorn.

  2. A tabloid editor reopens a 20-year-old murder case to boost circulation, but with tragic consequences. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this precode Oscar nominee.

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    • Crime, Drama
    • Mervyn LeRoy
    • 1931-09-26
  3. To increase newsstand sales, "New York Evening Gazette" managing editor Joseph Randall (Edward G. Robinson) is pushed to revive a 20-year-old murder case involving Nancy Voorhees (Frances Starr ...

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    • Edward G. Robinson
    • Mervyn Leroy
    • Crime, Drama
  4. A classic Hollywood movie based on a play about an unscrupulous newspaper editor who will do anything for a scoop. Watch the trailer, clips and read the synopsis, cast and crew, and reviews on Turner Classic Movies.

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  6. Five Star Final is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film about the excesses of tabloid journalism directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Edward G. Robinson, Aline MacMahon and Boris Karloff. The screenplay was by Robert Lord and Byron Morgan based on the 1930 play of the same name by Louis Weitzenkorn. The title refers to the practice of newspapers publishing a series of editions throughout the ...

  7. Five Star Final (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Love Under The Sea. Two hacks (James Donlan, James P. Burtis) are griping in a speak, joined by enterprising Ziggy (George E. Stone) who s come to consult the leading man, Edward G. Robinson as editor Randall, who has a thing about hand-washing, early in Five Star Final, 1931.

  8. Dec 2, 2003 · Five Star Final is perhaps the darkest in the cycle of journalist-themed films produced in Hollywood during the early 1930s . The central character, a self-destructive tabloid newspaper editor named Randall (Edward G. Robinson), manufactures so much enthusiasm for an assignment to dredge up the Nancy Voorhees case for a sure-fire hit serial ...

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