The Tip Off
The crook "Shrimp" Riley and his wounded friend Jimmy Lamar, hides out at the home of fortune-teller Crystal Annie.
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Title: The Tip-Off Summary: Eddie Quillan falls in love with a gangster's girlfriend but avoids trouble when he becomes friends with Robert Armstrong and his girlfriend Directed by: Albert S. Rogell Actors: Production Company: RKO Pathé Pictures Release Date: 16 October 1931 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 While on a job, cocky young radio repairman Tommy Jordan meets Baby Face, enticing (if dizzy) girlfriend of jealous boxer Kayo McClure. Fleeing Baby Face's flirtatious advances, Tommy jumps from the frying pan into the fire when he pursues Edna Merino, girlfriend of Kayo's gangster manager Nick Vatelli. Can Kayo save Tommy from being "rubbed out"? Or will fearful Baby Face hold Kayo back?
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- Director
- Leigh Jason
- Starring
- Bill Cody, George Hackathorne
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