Five Star Final
“A picture as sensational as its subject!”
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.
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Cast
25 people
Edward G. Robinson
Joseph W. Randall
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Stranger
Marian Marsh
Jenny Townsend
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Svengali
The Black Room
H.B. Warner
Michael Townsend
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Anthony Bushell
Phillip Weeks
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A Night to Remember
The Scarlet Pimpernel
George E. Stone
Ziggie Feinstein
Known for
Some Like It Hot
Perry Mason
Frances Starr
Nancy (Voorhees) Townsend
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The Star Witness
Tiger Rose
Ona Munson
Kitty Carmody
Known for
The Shanghai Gesture
The Red House
Boris Karloff
T. Vernon Isopod
Known for
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Bride of Frankenstein
Aline MacMahon
Miss Taylor
Known for
Gold Diggers of 1933
The Man from Laramie
Oscar Apfel
Bernard Hinchecliffe
Also in
The Texan
Hell's Highway
Purnell Pratt
Robert French
Known for
Scarface
Grand Hotel
Robert Elliott
R.J. Brannegan
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
The Roaring Twenties
Mervyn LeRoy Director · Byron Morgan Screenplay Louis Weitzenkorn Author
Worldwide gross $822K · Budget $310K · United States release September 26, 1931
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Budget
$310,000
Worldwide gross
$822,000
Gross vs. budget
2.7×
Production
The Vitaphone Corporation
Production
First National Pictures
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 10, 1931
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · September 26, 1931
Theatrical
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