The Finger Points (1931)
- Directed by
- John Francis Dillon
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young newspaper reporter gets drawn into the world of organized crime. He becomes entangled with mobsters and faces dangerous choices. The story follows his rise and fall within the criminal underworld.
tensefast-pacedgrimstreetwiseunsentimentalsuspensefulpre-codecorrupt
What happens
The Finger Points is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by John Monk Saunders, W.R. Burnett and Robert Lord. The film stars Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray, Regis Toomey, Robert Elliott, Clark Gable, Oscar Apfel and Robert Gleckler. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on April 11, 1931. Clark Gable was chosen to be Louis J. Blanco, the chief enforcer of the mob. Contracted with MGM, Gable filmed scenes for The Finger Points, Night Nurse, and The Easiest Way simultaneously. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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