Film Noir Crime Action Drama Movie - The Pay Off (1942)

PG
IMDb - '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.'

[@catmomjewett]

This guy is growing on me. There’s something so unbuttoned about the whole production. So unlike the usual H’wood glam. Great writing. I’m lovin’ this film. 💛

[@mikenixon2401]

Agree. I often find the B films better than the big name box office features.

[@fredfungalspore]

As soon as opening orchestra music starts playing it takes me back my youthful childhood days watching these great who done it movies and the old cars We would watch the movies on 20 inch black and white valve tv ...No remote No surround sound only 4 tv channels that went off air at midnight and start at 6 o'clock in the morning....😊

[@mikenixon2401]

Glad I'm not the only one longing for those days. That said I'm sure we only saw it from a youthful perspective. I imagine it was a time of amazement for our parents as I know at least mine were depression kids. Well, back to the picture.

[@mikenixon2401]

I KNEW IT. These are so fun to figure out. I always enjoy these classic films. Thanks for posting.

[@11sophiemarie]

Good movie, I'm an avid old movie watcher. I love the clothes, cars, style and real actors w/ genuine talent! Not like today's muck. Jack Le Rue was a consummate bad guy, always dashing and dangerous. His performance in The Story of Temple Drake was scandalous and fantastic! Check out Tom Browns performance in These Glamor Girls, fabulous fashions and a solid cast. Center's on proper social norms for young adults.

[@keithharvey7230]

Was Jack a nice guy in real life?

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

A good,fun movie,well acted. Thank you,for showing it.

[@richbacon1218]

I've seen Tracy, I guess, in one or two movies, but now, with he being the main figure, I must find more of his films!

[@yttube4319]

"Don't worry we'll break the pigeon down." What a script!

[@richardburriesci7723]

THE REPORTER WHO ASKED FOR CRUMBS LOOKS LIKE LOU COSTELLO (abbot & costello) BECAUSE HE IS THE REAL BROTHER OF LOU ... PAT COSTELLO who produced all the Abbott & Costello TV show series

[@deborahleone4351]

WOW! What a great piece of trivia! 👍🏽 THANK YOU SO MUCH! God bless you, in Jesus’s Precious Name, Amen!🕊💕🙏👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌹🙋‍♀️

[@howardgreen887]

I liked this - nice snappy script - and I do like Miss Walker and her hat.She is very cute.

[@stellap.6664]

Thank you so much for uploading this wonderful film!

[@fuzzyburnette7161]

Tracy was tailor made for these types ofroles. No one could match him at spitting out dialogue with the speed of a machine gun.

[@colemangael9720]

pro trick: watch series on Flixzone. Been using it for watching a lot of movies these days.

[@bradytalon2694]

@Coleman Gael Yup, I've been watching on flixzone for months myself :)

[@danielsanford4109]

There is nothing like the classics from the forties. They reflect an innocence that will never be seen again.

[@robbybonfire9944]

And a sophistication. You think the populace today has any social graces?

[@mkvs8030]

Martin Solomon Shall we read ignorant in place of innocent?

[@zorroalphonso4354]

They weren't any more ignorant or innocent than today, except for social norms that have all but disappeared since the "revolution" of the late 60's. Today anything goes, whereas back then, people had at least a social code from which to deviate or not.

[@teresas8173]

Daniel Sanford ...this movie was about crime, gangsters, murder and greed, hardly a reflection of innocence. And the reality of the 40s included WWII, Hitler, genocide, dead soldiers, and the atomic bomb. Innocent? Hardly.

[@marywilliams9858]

What is a college safe space?

[@thomassnider6691]

What a gem. Beautiful dames and homoeroticism too! Loved every minute.

[@eddancer6469]

Great classic action drama etc, movie' Thanks for posting Ed

[@gregorymcleod1347]

Wonderful movie 🎥! Very entertaining and enjoyable movie 🎥! Loved it!❤

[@xmaseveeve5259]

AYE, IF YOU CAN HEAR IT.

[@marbleman52]

A good movie and an excellent print...thanks.

[@coobay978]

Another great picture show!

[@kevinatkab5219]

five digit phone numbers! those were the days.

[@Papa-o33963]

NBA Lot of other simple good experiences!.

[@carlreed6186]

BR549

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

​@@carlreed6186Junior Samples!

[@kevino4846]

@@carlreed6186 Thanks, Junior😉

[@carlreed6186]

@@kevino4846 someone got it that ages us some

[@bluenetmarketing]

After the first seven minutes it turns into a pretty good movie. Till then, it's too chaotic and noisy.

[@billiewilson5197]

Grand movie , good make 🎭

[@janejames9173]

Excellent movie😊

[@mitchcumstein9808]

i want more Lee Tracey, much under appreciated from the time

[@rogermaes6001]

Agreed. His voice was very peculiar. He made a wonderful performance in "The Best Man", as an ex and dying president. His last film, I think.

[@keithharvey7230]

You can't know that.He was successful.

[@mitchcumstein9808]

@@keithharvey7230 he wasn’t a huge star. Plus he got himself into trouble which limited his film career early on. Rumor was he peed on someone from a balcony. My only point is there are maybe 6 movies he stars in main character. One little thing he always did was the phone tricks.

[@johnryan3913]

​@@keithharvey7230 He is underrated now, certainly.

[@daffy2u]

Nice Big Band Sounds

[@nameskhar1510]

Check out "The Big Combo" 1955.

[@pmullins1495]

23:45 Really swell lady’s hat for a change (usually they’re cartoonish crushed stovepipe variant )! 🙂

[@SMigacz100]

Great movie!

[@DavidRice111]

Fun movie~ not "great movie"...

[@whaleshrimp111]

That was good!

[@mimiluvfromsf]

Lee Tracy was not good looking but terrific in every movie he was in.

[@greggi47]

Was he a red head? He looks and sounds a bit like David Caruso.

[@garyolsen3409]

Your so cruel

[@keithharvey7230]

At least Lee smiles.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

​@@garyolsen3409YOU'RE

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Nuh uh. A movie about honest investigative journalism? That's a dead art in the MSM now.

[@carlreed6186]

Except for the end. Sometimes a lie can be good.

[@SuperIliad]

Someone had better look-up the meaning of "Film Noir," because this is not it, wonderful as it is.

[@pmullins1495]

Who really cares; it’s an overused clicè

[@richardburriesci7723]

AT POINT 34:40 IF THE CAR LOOKED FAMILIAR IT WAS A 1941 PACKARD MOVIE CAR USED IN THE GODFATHER (1972) OWNED BY DON VITO CORLEONE

[@greggi47]

What is that almost subliiminal bit at the end, where the reporter fires two shots at...?

[@vickibwarren9722]

Good movie, don't miss it!

[@richardburriesci7723]

AT POINT 21:45 THE GUY LOOKED LIKE STAN LAUREL COMING INTO THE NIGHTCLUB!

[@flc-classicmoviesflix7754]

good movie

[@girlgeniusnyc272]

Around 29 minutes and 50 seconds the girl says the classic "But what are we gonna do now?" OMG even in the 1940's! (Modern day actress Reese Witherspoon talks about how weird that line is.)

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

Good Movie 🎬

[@eternity-minded]

Really cute movie!

[@davidbrock4104]

Good movie👍

[@keithharvey7230]

Ian Keith was very good in Nightmare Alley.

[@luchydiaz9128]

The 100 dollar bill “Banco de Sonora, diciembre 1914” Maybe they couldn’t use real dollars?

[@richbacon1218]

Real currency was not allowed in movies because it was considered counterfeiting because, even though, it was on film, it was considered an illegal representation and therefore illegal. That changed years later.

[@CinqueMalcolm]

No, PRC was just too cheap to use real money. Thought one of the actors might snag it to supplement their meager pay. Poverty Row, that's how it goes.

[@kevino4846]

@@CinqueMalcolm richbacon is correct.

[@jimclark6256]

NEVER WATCH ANY MOVIE THAT HAS REPORTERS IN IT.

[@kevino4846]

Northside 777. Jimmy Stewart.

[@davidfisk9868]

i wish there were natural beauty like that girl these days

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

Great, smart talkin' movie😁

[@geraldhard1562]

A who done it or do we all ready know. Bur the cops have to prove all. Thanks

[@manuelmaldonadojr2526]

good movei from you you are the best by. p.s.manuel J maldonado

[@ernestscribbler-Inyenga]

manuel maldonado jr 7

[@agath8a508]

Very historically interesting movie, thank you for posting it. I didn't like it: all characters seem (to me) to be a slew of perfect idiots.

[@brendabadih8855]

Lee Tracy and Jack LaRue. Oh goody.

[@keithharvey7230]

Lee Tracy couldnt turn on a living room light.

[@erikwilliams3296]

Definitely not NOIR ( = Fritz Lang or similar caliber ) , but a corny , slightly amusing 40s crank-out flickering designed mostly to fill out the actors' contract quotas.

[@petermaxwell2965]

Well said..it's definitely NOT noir..

[@girlgeniusnyc272]

Well there are murders and cops. So there are "elements of noir".

[@pmullins1495]

GOOD, I HATE crappy noir, dark w/o lighting, a cannit see any details (perhaps old radio drama buffs like it, they’re accustomed to being in the dark).

[@charleybarley939]

At 26:40 why would he call the gun a 38? Looks like a 45...strange script writing...

[@richbacon1218]

That was my first thought.

[@deckard43]

Too bad about Tracy’s later life.

[@johnryan3913]

What about it?

[@mikedebois7776]

Hmm. Well, I guess it would help if you were a newspaper guy and lived during that time to call this a "great" or "excellent" movie.

[@mistervacation23]

Does the name Hernandez mean anything to you? I would like to get a connection made in the DA's office. Any imperfections would have to be made perfect. Two and two do not equal 4. Never confess ever.

[@kevino4846]

This woud be an interesting observation if anyone knew what you were talking about.

[@mistervacation23]

@@kevino4846 looks like my kids got ahold of my phone again I think I'm going to have to password this thing off

[@petermaxwell2965]

Why do you call everything noir..Maltese falcon was noir..double endemnity noir..

[@debbydouglas9115]

Jennifer Jones in bernadette souboŕro

[@willymueller3278]

Wow, at minute 8.18, that girl, when she puts her hat on, why dont woman like this not exist anymore, today ? I am bloody born far too late. What a bummer .

[@pmullins1495]

YES ! I loved her hat !!

[@manuelmaldonadojr2526]

I am a big fan of sallis65 and I love it. p.s.manuel J maldonado

[@Retroscoop]

Film noir ???? Slapstick !

[@bobdownes162]

Thanks for the info. I glanced through it. Silly, will give it a miss.

[@xmaseveeve5259]

TOO QUIET.

[@paulfoster4994]

And

[@zorroalphonso4354]

Comic movie.

[@glindaparkerman6646]

disappointing

[@ericstefik7962]

Not serious, not funny. What's left?

[@Moronvideos1940]

I downloaded this. I wonder how many silver screen smokers died of lung cancer ?

[@greggi47]

This struck me by the lack of smoking.

[@marywilliams9858]

Probably a lot of them.

[@DavidRice111]

"Moron"~ I wonder how many silver screen actors died of drug o.d.... Funny how tobacco products have become the left's 'demon of choice' rather than opiates, etc.

[@mikebtrfld1705]

Stinko

[@MikeGreenwood51]

Typical USA snipey corn movie.

[@ilikequiet6474]

Forgettable

[@zorroalphonso4354]

No good actors or director or story.

[@harryreasinger3521]

@Appen Zeller No one said it was supposed to be a blockbuster movie. Appreciate it for the time period in which it was made,

[@johnschlesinger2009]

Great movie!