The Payoff

The Payoff (1942)

November 24th, 19421h 14min

Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
58%

Overview

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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