Five Star Final

Five Star Final (1931)

  • 91% of critics liked it
    (11 reviews)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (198 ratings)

Adapted from the stage play by former newspaperman Louis Weitzenkorn, Five Star Final is an uncompromising look at the consequences of journalistic irresponsibility. Hounded by his publishers to pep up circulation with a sensational story, newspaper editor Edward G. Robinson decides to revive public… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 29 min.
Directed By
Mervyn LeRoy
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Sep 26, 1931 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Edward G. Robinson means a lot to this entertainment.

  • Mordaunt Hall, New York Times

    This production races along without a desultory instant.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    Mervyn LeRoy directed, doing a lot better with the newspaper chatter than with the long stretches of melodrama.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    This is an offbeat but fascinating film which pillories the transgressions of the muckraking tabloids so popular in the 1920s.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    A blistering indictment of tabloid journalism and built around one of Edward G. Robinson's most compelling performances.

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