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Five Star Final

Five Star Final

A picture as sensational as its subject!

19316.51h 29m

Overview

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.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Written by Louis Weitzenkorn, Robert Lord, Byron Morgan
Produced by Hal B. Wallis
Box OfficeBudget: $310KRevenue: $822K

Top Cast

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

Joseph W. Randall

Marian Marsh

Marian Marsh

Jenny Townsend

H.B. Warner

H.B. Warner

Michael Townsend

Anthony Bushell

Anthony Bushell

Phillip Weeks

George E. Stone

George E. Stone

Ziggie Feinstein

Frances Starr

Frances Starr

Nancy (Voorhees) Townsend

Ona Munson

Ona Munson

Kitty Carmody

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

T. Vernon Isopod

Aline MacMahon

Aline MacMahon

Miss Taylor

Oscar Apfel

Oscar Apfel

Bernard Hinchecliffe

Themes & Keywords

pressbased on play or musicalnewspaper mannewspaper editorpre-codefemale journalistbreach of promisesensationalismaccused of murdercrime serialtabloid journalismnewspaper headline

About Five Star Final

Five Star Final is a crime, drama film released in 1931 exploring themes of press, based on play or musical, newspaper man, newspaper editor, pre-code, female journalist. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, it stars Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner. 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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