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The Payoff (1942 film)

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Genre
  
Action, Crime, Film-Noir

Screenplay
  
Edward Dein

Language
  
English

5.6/10
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Director
  
Arthur Dreifuss

Music director
  
Charles "Bud" Dant

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

The Payoff (1942 film) movie poster

Writer
  
Arthur Hoerl
,
Edward Dein

Release date
  
November 24, 1942 (1942-11-24)

Cast
  
Lee Tracy
(Brad McKay),
Tom Brown
(Guy Norris),
Tina Thayer
(Phyllis Walker),
Evelyn Brent
(Alma Dorn),
Jack La Rue
(John Angus)

Similar movies
  
Mysterious Intruder
,
The Whistler
,
Rhino
,
The Adventures of Tintin
,
Megamind
,
Surviving Evil

Tagline
  
HE'S BACK AGAIN... The Fastest talking newshawk in his greatest role!

The Payoff is a 1942 American film directed by Arthur Dreifuss.

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Plot summary

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Reporter Brad MacKay investigates the murder on the District Attorney who had tried to prosecute a syndicate that is involved in sleeze and local corruption. He has been using an undercover assistant DA Walker.

Cast

  • Lee Tracy as Brad McKay
  • Tom Brown as Guy Norris
  • Tina Thayer as Phyllis Walker
  • Evelyn Brent as Alma Doren
  • Jack La Rue as John Angus
  • Ian Keith as Police Inspector Thomas
  • Robert Middlemass as Norris - Newspaper Publisher
  • John Maxwell as Moroni - Reporter
  • John Sheehan as Police Sergeant Brenen
  • Harry C. Bradley as Dr. Steele
  • Forrest Taylor as Hugh Walker
  • Pat Costello as Reporter Pat

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