Moviefone App Coming Soon. Sign Up Now to Get Notified!

Five Star Final (1931)

Movie"A picture as sensational as its subject!"
Audience Score
65
Five Star FinalApple iTunes logoWatch on Apple iTunes
NR 1 hr 29 minSep 26th, 1931Crime, Drama
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
StarringEdward G. RobinsonMarian MarshH.B. Warner
DirectorMervyn LeRoy

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 26th, 1931 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:June 22nd, 2010 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$310,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$822,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:The Vitaphone Corporation, First National Pictures
Movie Tags:
based on play or musicalpre-codenewspaper mannewspaper editorfemale journalistaccused of murderpresstabloid journalismsensationalismbreach of promise