The Finger Points

Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.

Cast

Richard Barthelmess

as Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee

Fay Wray

as Marcia Collins

Regis Toomey

as Charlie 'Breezy' Russell

Robert Elliott

as Frank Carter

Clark Gable

as Louis J. Blanco

Oscar Apfel

as Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler

Robert Gleckler

as Sphinx Club Manager Larry Haynes

Mickey Bennett

as Arthur the Office Boy (uncredited)

James P. Burtis

as Cop (uncredited)

Martin Cichy

as Blanco's Bodyguard (uncredited)

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