The Payoff (1943)
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Lee Tracy once more plays a fast-talking, slightly amoral newspaper reporter in PRC's The Payoff. Tracy is cast as Brad McKay, who at present is investigating the murder of a special prosecutor. The dead man was on the verge of delivering damning evidence against racket boss John Angus (Jack… More Lee Tracy once more plays a fast-talking, slightly amoral newspaper reporter in PRC's The Payoff. Tracy is cast as Brad McKay, who at present is investigating the murder of a special prosecutor. The dead man was on the verge of delivering damning evidence against racket boss John Angus (Jack LaRue), and it looks as though the killing was an "inside job", committed by one of the victim's associates. Aiding and abetting McKay are cub reporter Guy Morris (Tom Brown), the publisher's son; Phyllis Walker (Tina Thayer), daughter of the murdered man; and Alma Dorene (Evelyn Brent), a femme fatale who is Not What She Seems. Way, way down on the cast list is Pat Costello, the brother of comedian Lou Costello. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Arthur Dreifuss
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 24, 1942 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It results in an unconvincing twisty ending to a film that ran out of gas long before the ending.
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Cast
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Lee Tracy
as Brad McKay
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Tom Brown
as Guy Morris
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Tina Thayer
as Phyllis Walker
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Evelyn Brent
as Alma Dorene
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Jack LaRue
as John Angus
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Ian Keith
as Inspector
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John Maxwell
as Moroni
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John Sheehan
as Sgt. Brenen
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Harry C. Bradley
as Dr. Steele
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Forrest Taylor
as Hugh Walker
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Pat Costello
as Reporter
- Robert Middlemass
