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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Widescreen; Includes Trading Card
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Five Star Final (1931)

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Perhaps the darkest in the cycle of journalist-themed films produced in Hollywood during the early 1930s. The central character, a self-destructive tabloid newspaper editor named Randall (Edward G. Robinson), manufactures so much enthusiasm for an assignment to dredge up the Nancy Voorhees murder case for a sure-fire hit serial that he destroys her in the process.

Starring:		Edward G. Robinson Marian Marsh H.B. Warner Anthony Bushell George E. Stone Ona Munson Boris Karloff Aline MacMahon Oscar Apfel Purnell Pratt Robert Elliott
Directed By:		Mervyn LeRoy
Written By:		Robert Lord, Louis Weitzenkorn, Byron Morgan
Running Time:		89 minutes

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Five Star Final Movie Review by B Movie Ben (2/6/2008)

There are some performance that do not get the recognition they deserve. Robinso gave a superb performance in this film that was more realistic than his previous efforts.

This Oscar-nominated film (Best Picture) shows the dark side of journalism as a paper delves into the past of a woman (Frances Starr) who was...

(complete Five Star Final review by B Movie Ben)