The Payoff (1942)
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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 Tracy
Brad McKay
Tom Brown
Guy Norris
Tina Thayer
Phyllis Walker
Evelyn Brent
Alma Dorn
Jack La Rue
John Angus
Ian Keith
Inspector Thomas
Robert Middlemass
Lester Norris
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John Maxwell
Moroni
John Sheehan
Sgt. Brenen
Harry C. Bradley
Dr. Steele (as Harry...
Forrest Taylor
Hugh Walker
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Pat Costello
Pat - Reporter
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Steve Benton
Police Officer (uncr...
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Roy Butler
Desk Clerk (uncredit...
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Hood (uncredited)