Why it may be worth watching
- The Payoff combines Action and Thriller elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Lee Tracy, Tom Brown, Tina Thayer.
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The Payoff
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The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
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Cast
Lee TracyBrad McKay
Tom BrownGuy Norris
Tina ThayerPhyllis Walker
Evelyn BrentAlma Dorn
Jack La RueJohn Angus
Ian KeithInspector Thomas
Robert MiddlemassLester Norris
John MaxwellMoroni
John SheehanSgt. Brenen
Harry C. BradleyDr. Steele (as Harry Bradley)
Forrest TaylorHugh Walker
Pat CostelloPat - Reporter
Steve BentonPolice Officer (uncredited)
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Best suited to viewers looking for Action, Thriller, Crime. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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CinemaSerfExternal review ·
A public prosecutor is murdered and a wise-cracking tabloid journalist (Lee Tracy) with contacts (legit and not) sets out to track down the perpetrator. As we progress through this unremarkably procedural crime thriller, we discover that the murderer is much closer to home than he'd like. The cast do their jobs well enough - Tina Thayer and Tom Brown; but essentially this is just an opportunity for Tracy to be, well, himself.
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