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Off the Record (1939)

Off the Record poster
Directed by
James Flood
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 02m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A newspaper reporter gets mixed up with a young criminal and his troubled family. The story follows the reporter's efforts to help the boy while navigating pressures from the law and the press.

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What happens

Off the Record is a 1939 American drama film directed by James Flood and written by Niven Busch, Lawrence Kimble and Earl Baldwin. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Bobby Jordan, Alan Baxter, William B. Davidson and Morgan Conway. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on January 21, 1939. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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