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The Pay-Off (1930)

The Pay-Off poster
Directed by
Lowell Sherman
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 05m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in the world of organized crime. He must navigate loyalty and betrayal among gangsters to survive.

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What happens

The Pay-Off is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Lowell Sherman, who also starred in the film along with Marian Nixon and Hugh Trevor. The screenplay was adapted by Jane Murfin, along with Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer, based on Shipman and Hymer's 1927 play, Crime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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