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The Payoff

5.519351h 4mNRMovieRomanceCrimeDrama

An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.

DirectorRobert Florey
WritersGeorge Bricker·Joel Sayre

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Cast · Directed by Robert Florey

JDJames Dunn
James Dunn
Joe McCoy
CDClaire Dodd
Claire Dodd
Maxine McCoy
PEPatricia Ellis
Patricia Ellis
Connie Travers
ADAlan Dinehart
Alan Dinehart
Marty Bleuler
JCJoseph Crehan
Joseph Crehan
Harvey Morris
FDFrankie Darro
Frankie Darro
Jimmy Moore
FSFrank Sheridan
Frank Sheridan
George Gorman
ES
Eddie Shubert
Beetles Davis
AHAl Hill
Al Hill
Mike
PPPaul Porcasi
Paul Porcasi
Nick
GHGeorge Humbert
George Humbert
Hotel Clerk
VDVirginia Dabney
Virginia Dabney
Marty's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)

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The Payoff hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 27, 1935. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.