The Payoff
The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
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Cast
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/q0Pn5DD6xfziydu4rofX6pijK5F.jpg)
Lee Tracy
Brad McKay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ehCgDrUhMQA7gBL7fm7kBoK8jQO.jpg)
Tom Brown
Guy Norris![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ozhYXnQpkza0toXnTOMEeTStG5J.jpg)
Tina Thayer
Phyllis Walker![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xGu2aE9ZpZMtwvpkuCl3kwsfuVv.jpg)
Evelyn Brent
Alma Dorn![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4vmaW11bjvJVftMLTjDQzdtmEYD.jpg)
Jack La Rue
John Angus![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/naYkm9Y17y0CYjW26ZoH8tEcLSG.jpg)
Ian Keith
Inspector Thomas![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5hc2CgW5mGwsktdqTHcapbBo9G3.jpg)
Robert Middlemass
Lester Norris![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/kyztLs4mUpmWeuVQUWm82mEp0ls.jpg)
John Sheehan
Sgt. Brenen![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lpCeWZrezfcEKKsYBVvLtrOpe36.jpg)
Harry C. Bradley
Dr. Steele (as Harry Bradley)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/11tiZFYeWNfefJccEhNU4G3cYzp.jpg)
Forrest Taylor
Hugh Walker![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/mTGhwum9F9fpXjH93dcsLYsHXwX.jpg)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Hood (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/AemXOHtKW9SmdHHxYyJiaFditkb.jpg)
Dick Gordon
Gambling House Patron (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2UNYBqB82fRxHtkWPKzvLDLLGW0.jpg)
Jack Kenney
Gambling House Cashier (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8SJQSmHZESdalItwsoarlnaohmK.jpg)
Carl M. Leviness
Typist (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/srCQa37TG3RHKx5PuthzjsTpe6n.jpg)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Stubby - Cab Driver (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2CG32FVQmmbgDDNBmUN85sEza4f.jpg)
Herb Vigran
Reporter (uncredited)Images
Videos
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The Payoff (1942) - Trailer
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