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Unholy Partners

Unholy Partners

1941Movie⏱️ 1h 34mApproved
Drama
6.5
IMDB Rating
568 votes

A tough, ambitious newspaperman starts a new tabloid in 1919 New York, with a crooked big-time gambler as a partner.

Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Writers
Earl Baldwin, Bartlett Cormack, Lesser Samuels
Stars
Edward G. Robinson, Laraine Day, Edward Arnold
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. Robinson
as Bruce Corey
Laraine Day
Laraine Day
as Miss 'Croney' Cronin
Edward Arnold
Edward Arnold
as Merrill Lambert
Marsha Hunt
Marsha Hunt
as Gail Fenton
William T. Orr
William T. Orr
as Thomas 'Tommy' Jarvis - an alias of Tommy Jarrett
Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe
as Michael Z. 'Mike' Reynolds
Walter Kingsford
Walter Kingsford
as Mr. Peck - Managing Editor
Charles Dingle
Charles Dingle
as Clyde Fenton
Charles Halton
Charles Halton
as Phil Kaper - Attorney
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Joe Downing
as Jerry - Henchman

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

🏷️ Keywords

violencevindicationtreachery1920s1910s

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Too classy an effort
by kmoh-12020-04-07

"All set up for a rip-roaring hour and a quarter, with Edward G. as the sassy newshound back from the trenches, in partnership with gangster Edward Arnold, surely two of the very greatest. Just watch Robinson outwit Arnold in a poker game for the paper. You know it won't end well. In tow are Laraine Day, who loves the former, as does naïve William T. Orr, an aspiring newspaperman who still has all his ideals intact. It goes more or less as you'd expect, but with MGM glitz and taste rather than Warners energy. Which means it's 20 minutes too long, and with a weird drawn-out endin..."

💡 Did You Know?

The opening scene shows a newspaper headline reading "Whole City Out to Welcome A.E.F." The AEF was The American Expeditionary Forces, the name given to the American military forces sent to fight alongside French and British troops in Europe.

📖 Synopsis

A tough, ambitious newspaperman starts a new tabloid in 1919 New York, with a crooked big-time gambler as a partner.