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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.
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
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
When Bernard Hinchecliffe, the owner of the tabloid newspaper the New York Evening Gazette , pushes for increased circulation, Joseph Randall, the paper's managing editor, reluctantly digs up a twenty-year-old murder case involving Nancy Voorhees, who shot her unfaithful husband.
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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.
Sep 10, 2012 · A 1931 film about a newspaper editor who revives an old scandal with tragic consequences. The film is praised for Karloff's performance, but criticized for its melodramatic plot and clumsy direction.
