The Pay-Off (1930)
The final reward is DEATH!
A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, resentful of the couple, plans to organize a mutiny against the gang's boss, but when he is killed in a botched robbery, the police focus their attention on the young couple.
- Date of release
- 1930-10-14
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Lowell Sherman
Casting
- Lowell Sherman — Gene Fenmore
- Marian Nixon — Annabelle
- Hugh Trevor — Rocky
- William Janney — Tommy
- Helene Millard — Dot
- George F. Marion — Mouse
- Walter McGrail — Emory
- Robert McWade — Frank
- Alan Roscoe — District Attorney
- Lita Chevret — Margy
- Bert Moorhouse — Spat
Interesting facts
The Pay-Off is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Lowell Sherman, who also starred in the film along with Marian Nixon and Hugh Trevor. The screenplay was adapted by Jane Murfin, along with Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer, based on Shipman and Hymer's 1927 play, Crime.
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