Five Star Final

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.

Cast

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

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