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Five Star Final
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Not Rated
1931
89m
Drama
,
Crime
7.3
91%
80%
6.5
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The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case - with tragic results.
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Cast of Five Star Final
Edward G. Robinson
Joseph W. Randall
Marian Marsh
Jenny Townsend
H.B. Warner
Michael Townsend
Anthony Bushell
Phillip Weeks
George E. Stone
Ziggie Feinstein
Frances Starr
Nancy (Voorhees) Townsend
Ona Munson
Kitty Carmody
Boris Karloff
T. Vernon Isopod
Aline MacMahon
Miss Taylor
Oscar Apfel
Bernard Hinchecliffe
Purnell Pratt
Robert French
Robert Elliott
R.J. Brannegan
Polly Walters
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Richard Carlyle
Frank Darien
James Donlan
Evelyn Hall
Gladys Lloyd
Arnold Lucy
Five Star Final Ratings & Reviews
TV Guide
This is an offbeat but fascinating film which pillories the transgressions of the muckraking tabloids so popular in the 1920s.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
A blistering indictment of tabloid journalism and built around one of Edward G. Robinson's most compelling performances.
Variety
Variety Staff
Edward G. Robinson means a lot to this entertainment.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Mervyn LeRoy's expose of greedy tabloid journalism was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, but is not as compelling as the similarly-themed The Front Page, though Edward G. Robinson is good.
New York Times
Mordaunt Hall
This production races along without a desultory instant.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Mervyn LeRoy directed, doing a lot better with the newspaper chatter than with the long stretches of melodrama.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Worth seeing mainly for Karloff's colorful performance in a character role.
Goatdog's Movies
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Despite a great turn by Robinson, the acting nearly sinks this film.
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