The Pay Off (1930)
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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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lowell Sherman
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Pay Off
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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 71 mins
Complete Cast of The Pay Off
- Lowell Sherman - Gene Fenmore
- Hugh Trevor - Rocky Mosby
- Lita Chevret - Margy
- Walter McGrail - Emory
- Helene Millard - Dot Palmer
- Alan Roscoe - District Attorney
- Marian Nixon - Nancy Porter
- George F. Marion - Mousey
- William Janney - Tommy Brown
- Robert McWade - Frank Smiley
- Bert Moorhouse - Spat
- Director(s):
- Lowell Sherman
- Writer(s):
- Jane Murfin
- Producer(s):
- Henry Hobart, William Le Baron
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