The Finger Points (1931)
A reporter dares to expose Chicago Underworld.
Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.
- Date of release
- 1931-04-11
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Director
- John Francis Dillon
Casting
- Richard Barthelmess — Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee
- Fay Wray — Marcia Collins
- Regis Toomey — Charlie 'Breezy' Russell
- Robert Elliott — Frank Carter
- Clark Gable — Louis J. Blanco
- Oscar Apfel — Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
- Robert Gleckler — Sphinx Club Manager Larry Haynes
- Mickey Bennett — Arthur the Office Boy (uncredited)
- James P. Burtis — Cop (uncredited)
- Martin Cichy — Blanco's Bodyguard (uncredited)
- Lew Harvey — Henchman in 'Number One's' Office (uncredited)
- Herman Krumpfel — Breck's Tailor (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Finger Points is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by John Monk Saunders, W.R. Burnett and Robert Lord. The film stars Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray, Regis Toomey, Robert Elliott, Clark Gable, Oscar Apfel and Robert Gleckler. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on April 11, 1931.
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