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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.
Randall sends unscrupulous reporter T. Vernon Isopod (Boris Karloff) inside to get the scoop, but publishing the story has disastrous consequences.
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- Edward G. Robinson
- Mervyn Leroy
- Crime, Drama
Nov 9, 2023 · Here's a look at the fan theory that the "Five Nights at Freddy's" franchise was based on a real-life tragedy that took place in Aurora, Colorado, in 1993.
Five Star Final: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell. The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.
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- Crime, Drama
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1931-09-26
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- In Cold Blood (1967) Film. Before true crime podcasts and Dateline NBC marathons, there was Truman Capote, whose account of the 1959 massacre of a family in rural Kansas shocked a nation not yet desensitised to random acts of unspeakable violence.
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Jun 24, 2023 · The last episode of "Based on a True Story" sets the dark comedy series up for another season filled with murder and mayhem while revealing some surprising plot developments. Despite these...
Very Loosely Based on a True Story: The Gazette was closely inspired on the New York Evening Graphic, an incredibly sleazy tabloid that ran between 1924 and 1932. Video Credits: At the beginning of the movie, as was house style for Warner Brothers in the early 1930s.
