The Payoff (1942)
1h 14m | PG-13
The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
Director: Arthur Dreifuss
Studio: PRC
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Video: 720p
Cast
Lee Tracy
as Brad McKay
Tom Brown
as Guy Norris
Tina Thayer
as Phyllis Walker
Evelyn Brent
as Alma Dorn
Jack La Rue
as John Angus
Ian Keith
as Inspector Thomas
Reviews
A public prosecutor is murdered and a wise-cracking tabloid journalist (Lee Tracy) with contacts (legit and not) sets out to track down the perpetrator. As we progress through this unremarkably procedural crime thriller, we discover that the murderer is much closer to home than he'd like. The cast do their jobs well enough - Tina Thayer and Tom Brown; but essentially this is just an opportunity for Tracy to be, well, himself.