The Pay-Off

Pre-Code crime drama about Gene Fenmore (Lowell Sherman, who also directed), a disillusioned underworld boss who falls madly in love with a girl (Marion Nixon) pining for an innocent death row inmate. Realizing that he has knowledge that could clear the condemned man, Fenmore faces a crisis of conscience. Gripping adaptation of the 1927 play "Crime," later remade as "Law of the Underworld," co-stars William Janney, Hugh Trevor. AKA: "Losing Game." 71 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono.