The Finger Points

Director: John Francis Dillon John Francis Dillon

Overview

The names have all been changed, but this hard-hitting gangster tale is based on an actual newspaper headline story involving the brutal slaying of corrupt crime reporter Alfred "Jake" Lingle, who had been suspected of betraying his boss Al Capone. Naive Southern boy Breckinridge Lee comes to the big city for fame and fortune. He starts out honest, but is unable to the resist hefty payoffs offered by crime lord Louis Blanco to suppress certain stories. Time passes and Lee does a great job for Blanco. Lee's girl friend tries to get him to go straight, but he has become too accustomed to the money and besides is too deeply mired in corruption to ever escape. In the end, he loses his life when a story about Blanco's latest shenanigans escapes his watchful eye and gets printed. Believing Lee was behind the double-cross, Blanco orders him executed and tragedy ensues.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/06/2018
UPC:	0888574621612
Original Release:	1931
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:25:00
Sales rank:	51,930

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Richard Barthelmess	Breckenridge Lee
Clark Gable	Louis Blanco
Fay Wray	Marcia Collins
Regis Toomey	Charlie "Breezy" Russell
Robert Elliott	City Editor
Oscar Apfel	Managing Editor
Robert Gleckler	Larry Hayes
Mickey Bennett	Office Boy
Herman Krumpfel	Tailor
Noel Madison	Larry Hays
J. Naish	Voices

Technical Credits

John Saunders

W.R. Burnett

Robert Lord

John Francis Dillon	Director,Producer
John Saunders	Screenwriter
W.R. Burnett	Screenwriter
Robert Lord	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Finger Points
1. Chapter 1 [7:49]
2. Chapter 2 [7:20]
3. Chapter 3 [5:58]
4. Chapter 4 [8:47]
5. Chapter 5 [6:55]
6. Chapter 6 [7:00]
7. Chapter 7 [5:12]
8. Chapter 8 [7:31]
9. Chapter 9 [8:03]
10. Chapter 10 [8:11]
11. Chapter 11 [11:43]
12. Chapter 12 [:09]

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