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26 September 1931 (USA)
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Editor Hinchecliffe wants to boost circulation for his "New York Gazette" and city editor Randall puts...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Good Drama
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Edward G. Robinson | ... | Joseph W. Randall |
 | Marian Marsh | ... | Jenny Townsend |
| H.B. Warner | ... | Michael Townsend |
| Anthony Bushell | ... | Phillip Weeks |
| George E. Stone | ... | Ziggie Feinstein |
| Frances Starr | ... | Nancy (Voorhees) Townsend |
| Ona Munson | ... | Kitty Carmody |
 | Boris Karloff | ... | Rev. T. Vernon Isopod |
| Aline MacMahon | ... | Miss Taylor |
| Oscar Apfel | ... | Bernard Hinchecliffe |
| Purnell Pratt | ... | Robert French |
| Robert Elliott | ... | R.J. Brannegan |
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89 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Vitaphone production reels #4931-4940.
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Joseph W. Randall:
God gives us heartache and the devil gives us whiskey.
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Featured in When the Talkies Were Young (1955)
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One More Time
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Five Star Final (1931)
*** (out of 4)
An editor (Edward G. Robinson) at a sleazy newspaper makes a mistake by bringing a 20-year-old murder case back to the headlines. Earlier this year I watched the remake One Fatal Hour with Bogart, which pretty much followed this film word for word but this one here is slightly better due to the rich performance from Robinson and a powerful ending attacking the media. Some racy Pre-Code dialogue centered around a gay reporter is pretty eye catching as is the pre-Frankenstein performance by Boris Karloff as a drunken reporter.