The Payoff

The Payoff

24/11/1942 1h 14m 5.8/10

Overview

The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.

Director

Arthur Dreifuss

Top Billed Cast

Evelyn Brent

Evelyn Brent

Alma Dorn

Tina Thayer

Tina Thayer

Phyllis Walker

Jack La Rue

Jack La Rue

John Angus

Ian Keith

Ian Keith

Inspector Thomas

Tom Brown

Tom Brown

Guy Norris

Lee Tracy

Lee Tracy

Brad McKay

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/26/2022

5/10

A public prosecutor is murdered and a wise-cracking tabloid journalist (Lee Tracy) with contacts (legit and not) sets out to track down the perpetrator. As we progress through this unremarkably procedural crime thriller, we discover that the murderer is much closer to home than he'd like. The cast do their jobs well enough - Tina Thayer and Tom Brown; but essentially this is just an opportunity for Tracy to be, well, himself.

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