FILMTPThe Pay Off1930

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How Long Is “The Pay Off”?

Name: The Pay Off
Genre: crime drama
Released: 1930-10-15
Duration: 65 min
Cast: Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, William Janney, George F. Marion Sr., Hugh Trevor

1h 5m runtime

19301h 5mcrime drama

Crime drama film with a runtime of 65 minutes, released in 1930. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 5m

Minutes65

One SittingYes

With Break1h 17m

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Exercising his usual creative prerogative, Lowell Sherman was both star and director of RKO's The Pay Off. Sherman plays Gene Fenmore, a jaded gangster boss who falls in love with innocent young Nancy Porter (Marian Nixon). When Nancy's sweetheart Tommy Brown (William Janney) faces execution for a crime he didn't commit, Gene's first impulse is to let the boy fry so that he can have a clear field with the heroine. Ultimately, however, Gene proves he's a decent sort by clearing Tommy and philosophically keeping that date with the electric chair himself. Released in Great Britain as The Losing Game, The Pay-Off was remade in 1938 as Law of the Underworld, with Chester Morris in the old Lowell Sherman role.

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Runtime1h 5m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 17m

Movie Facts

Release DateOctober 15, 1930

Runtime1h 5m

LanguageEnglish

Genrescrime drama

DirectorLowell Sherman

ProducerHenry Hobart, William Le Baron

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