"A picture as sensational as its subject!" 26 September 1931 Drama, Crime 89 mins
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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Edward G. Robinson as Joseph W. Randall
Marian Marsh as Jenny Townsend
H.B. Warner as Michael Townsend
Anthony Bushell as Phillip Weeks
George E. Stone as Ziggie Feinstein
Frances Starr as Nancy (Voorhees) Townsend
Ona Munson as Kitty Carmody
Boris Karloff as T. Vernon Isopod
Aline MacMahon as Miss Taylor
Oscar Apfel as Bernard Hinchecliffe
Purnell Pratt as Robert French
Robert Elliott as R.J. Brannegan
Polly Walters as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Hal B. Wallis Producer
Frank Ware Editor
Mervyn LeRoy Director
Sol Polito Director of Photography
Louis Weitzenkorn Theatre Play
Robert Lord Adaptation
Byron Morgan Screenplay
Jack Okey Art Direction
Gordon Hollingshead Assistant Director
Earl Luick Costume Design
United States 10 September 1931
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Edward G. Robinson in the crime thriller/newspaper story.
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Aline McMahon's been to Corcoran's.
Early in this brisk dramedy a jaded newsman laments that some reporters furnish the manure while some grow the flowers. Editor Joe Randall's newspaper is ...
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