The Pay Off (1930)
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- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 65 mins
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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, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Pay Off:
Lowell Sherman also in The Royal Bed , Way Down East
Hugh Trevor also in The Royal Bed , Half-Shot at Sunrise
William Janney also in A Successful Failure , Cimarron
Helene Millard also in Marie Antoinette , Broadway Bill
Bert Moorhouse also in Nevada , The Big Clock , Ace in the Hole , Undercurrent , Sunset in El Dorado
The Pay Off Trivia
Who played Gene Fenmore in the movie The Pay Off?
Lowell Sherman played Gene Fenmore in the movie The Pay Off
Who played Nancy Porter in the movie The Pay Off?
Marian Nixon played Nancy Porter in the movie The Pay Off
Who played Rocky Mosby in the movie The Pay Off?
Hugh Trevor played Rocky Mosby in the movie The Pay Off
Who played Mousey in the movie The Pay Off?
George F. Marion played Mousey in the movie The Pay Off
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