The Payoff

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.

Cast

Lee Tracy

as Brad McKay

Tom Brown

as Guy Norris

Tina Thayer

as Phyllis Walker

Evelyn Brent

as Alma Dorn

Jack La Rue

as John Angus

Ian Keith

as Inspector Thomas

Robert Middlemass

as Lester Norris

John Maxwell

as Moroni

John Sheehan

as Sgt. Brenen

Harry C. Bradley

as Dr. Steele (as Harry Bradley)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 d...

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