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The Payoff is a 1935 American dramatic film directed by Robert Florey. James Dunn (best known for his role in 1945's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) plays a newspaper reporter promoted to the sports desk, but saddled with a wife whose spending habits drive her into a relationship with a blackmailing racketeer.
Original Release
10/23/1935
US Release
11/09/1935
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| James Dunn | Joe McCoy |
| Claire Dodd | Maxine / Maxine McCoy |
| Patricia Ellis | Connie / Connie Travers |
| Alan Dinehart | Marty / Marty Bleuler |
| Joseph Crehan | Harvey / Harvey Morris |
| Frankie Darro | Jimmy / Jimmy Moore |
| Frank Sheridan | George Gorman |
| Eddie Shubert | Beetles Davis |
| Al Hill | Mike |
| Paul Porcasi | Nick |
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Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| James Dunn | Joe McCoy |
| Claire Dodd | Maxine / Maxine McCoy |
| Patricia Ellis | Connie / Connie Travers |
| Alan Dinehart | Marty / Marty Bleuler |
| Joseph Crehan | Harvey / Harvey Morris |
| Frankie Darro | Jimmy / Jimmy Moore |
| Frank Sheridan | George Gorman |
| Eddie Shubert | Beetles Davis |
| Al Hill | Mike |
| Paul Porcasi | Nick |
| George Humbert | Hotel Clerk |
| George Beranger | Reporter |
| Bill Cartledge | Jockey |
| George Chandler | Reporter |
| Nick Copeland | Reporter |
| Virginia Dabney | Marty's Blonde Girlfriend |
| Don Downen | Office Boy |
| Bill Elliott | Maxine's Casino Escort |
| Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian | Marty's Henchman |
| Bud Jamison | Waiter |
