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| The Finger Points | |
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| Directed by | John Francis Dillon |
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| Produced by | John Francis Dillon |
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| Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
| Edited by | Leroy Stone |
Production companies | First National Pictures, Inc. |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures, Inc. |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Finger Points is a 1931 American Pre-Code melodramatic crime film directed and produced by John Francis Dillon through First National Pictures, Inc., and written by W.R. Burnett and John Monk Saunders. It stars Richard Barthelmess as Breckenridge Lee and Fay Wray as Marcia Collins, a pair of newspaper reporters. The movie is based on a true story of a crooked newspaperman involved in Al Capone's criminal reign of the 1920's.
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.
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