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The Finger Points

1931, Movie, NR, 90 mins

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A hard-hitting early gangster talkie, THE FINGER POINTS is lifted wholly out of the headlines of the day. Barthelmess is a young southern reporter who goes to work for a big city newspaper and is given a crime beat. He is contacted to suppress a story about bigshot gangster Gable and, where his co-workers laugh at the idea, he seriously entertains the "hush money" offered him. He soon succumbs to the gangland bribes which make him rich far beyond his $35-a-week salary. Girl ... read more leave a comment
Year: 1931
Rated NR

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Cast
Richard Barthelmess: Breckenridge Lee
Fay Wray: Marcia Collins
Regis Toomey: Breezy Russell
Clark Gable: Louis Blanco
Robert Elliott: City Editor
Oscar Apfel: Managing Editor

 

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A naive reporter (Richard Barthelmess) takes payoffs for keeping a prominent gangster out of...
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Posted: 8/1/2008
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