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    Five Star Final

    89'

    1931-09-26

    6.6

    A picture as sensational as its subject!

    Crime,Drama

    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.

    DirectingMervyn LeRoyWritingRobert Lord

    Watch Providers (US)

    - Amazon Video

    - Apple TV Store

    Cast

    1

    Joseph W. Randall

    Edward G. Robinson

    1

    Jenny Townsend

    Marian Marsh

    1

    Michael Townsend

    H.B. Warner

    1

    Phillip Weeks

    Anthony Bushell

    1

    Ziggie Feinstein

    George E. Stone

    1

    Nancy (Voorhees) Townsend

    Frances Starr

    1

    Kitty Carmody

    Ona Munson

    2

    T. Vernon Isopod

    Boris Karloff

    1

    Miss Taylor

    Aline MacMahon

    1

    Bernard Hinchecliffe

    Oscar Apfel

    1

    Robert French

    Purnell Pratt

    1

    R.J. Brannegan

    Robert Elliott

    1

    Telephone Operator (uncredited)

    Polly Walters

    1

    James P. Burtis

    1

    Richard Carlyle

    1

    Frank Darien

    1

    James Donlan

    1

    Evelyn Hall

    1

    Gladys Lloyd

    1

    Arnold Lucy

    1

    Franklin Parker

    1

    William H. Strauss

    1

    David Torrence

    1

    Harold Waldridge

    1

    Jack Wise

    Details:

    • Budget: 310000
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 822000
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. The Vitaphone Corporation
      2. First National Pictures
    • Vote Count: 48
    • Popularity: 1.107
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Five Star Final

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