The Payoff(1942)
11/24/1942 (US)Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery1h 14m
5.8
"HE'S BACK AGAIN... The Fastest talking newshawk in his greatest role!"
Overview
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.
Arthur Dreifuss
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Edward Dein
Screenplay
Arthur Hoerl
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Top Billed Cast
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A review by CinemaSerf
5.0
Written on June 26, 2022
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 do their jobs well enough - Tina Thayer and Tom Brown; but essentially this is just an opportunity for Tracy to be, well, himself.
