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The Payoff is a american film of genre Thriller released in USA on 24 november 1942 with Lee Tracy
The Payoff (1942)
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Add to a movie listThe Payoff is a 1942 American film directed by Arthur Dreifuss.
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Reporter Brad MacKay investigates the murder on the District Attorney who had tried to prosecute a syndicate that is involved in sleeze and local corruption. He has been using an undercover assistant DA Walker.Actors
Lee Tracy
(Brad McKay)
Tom Brown
(Guy Norris)
Evelyn Brent
(Alma Dorn)
Jack La Rue
(John Angus)
Ian Keith
(Inspector Thomas)
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