Off the Record (1939)
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Synopsis of Off the Record
Pat O'Brien is his usual likably obnoxious self in the Warner Bros. newspaper yarn Off the Record. While trying to smash a numbers racket, star reporter Breezy Elliot (O'Brien) takes tough young numbers-runner Mickey Fallon (Bobby Jordan) under his wing. The kid gets a job as a copy boy, earning the enmity of one and all because of his inability to keep his fists to himself. Mickey redeems himself-and, by extension, Breezy-when he engineers the capture of his gangster brother Joe Fallon (Alan Baxter). The romantic angle is handled by Breezy's gal Friday Jane Morgan (Joan Blondell), who eventually agrees to marry the hero only if he adopts the troublesome Mickey as his son (gee, things were so much simpler in the movies!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Off the Record
- Pat O'Brien - Thomas "Breezy" Elliott
- Bobby Jordan - Mickey Fallon
- Morgan Conway - Lou Baronette
- Selmar Jackson - Detective Mendall
- Pierre Watkin - Barton
- Armand Kaliz - Chatteau
- Wade Boteler - Deputy
- Pat Flaherty - Bartender
- Emmett Vogan - Priest
- Charles Seel - Veterinary
- Barbara Pepper - Flossie, Telephone Operator
- Sarah Padden - Mrs. Fallon
- Joseph King - Brown
- Galan Galt - Railroad Cop
- Norman Phillips - Nick
- Maris Wrixon
- Lotta Williams - Woman
- Sibyl Harris - Woman
- Stanley Fields - Big Bruiser
- Frank Coghlan, Jr. - Copy Boy
- Joan Blondell - Jane Morgan
- Alan Baxter - Joe Fallon
- Clay Clement - Jaeggers
- Addison Richards - Brand
- Douglas Wood - J.W.
- Fern Barry
- David Durand - Blackie
- William Gould - Swedish Captain
- Guy Usher - Inspector
- Dick Rush
- Emory Parnell - Policeman
- Betty Mack
- Al Hill Jr. - Kid
- Alice Connors - Telephone Operator
- Ila Rhodes
- Isabel Withers
- Howard Hickman - Doctor
- Mary Gordon - Mrs. Finnegan
- William B. Davidson - Scotty
- Tommy Bupp - Boy
- Director(s):
- James Flood
- Writer(s):
- Earl W. Baldwin, Niven Busch, Lawrence Kimble
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