Off the Record

Plot

Pat O'Brien is his usual likably obnoxious self in the Warner Bros. newspaper yarn Off the Record. While trying to smash a numbers racket, star reporter Breezy Elliot (O'Brien) takes tough young numbers-runner Mickey Fallon (Bobby Jordan) under his wing. The kid gets a job as a copy boy, earning the enmity of one and all because of his inability to keep his fists to himself. Mickey redeems himself-and, by extension, Breezy-when he engineers the capture of his gangster brother Joe Fallon (Alan Baxter). The romantic angle is handled by Breezy's gal Friday Jane Morgan (Joan Blondell), who eventually agrees to marry the hero only if he adopts the troublesome Mickey as his son (gee, things were so much simpler in the movies!) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Pat O'Brien - Thomas "Breezy" Elliott
• Joan Blondell - Jane Morgan
• Bobby Jordan - Mickey Fallon
• Alan Baxter - Joe Fallon

Morgan Conway - Lou Baronette; Clay Clement - Jaeggers; Selmar Jackson - Detective Mendall; Addison Richards - Brand; Pierre Watkin - Barton; Douglas Wood - J.W.; Armand Kaliz - Chatteau; Fern Barry; Wade Boteler - Deputy; Tommy Bupp - Boy; Frank Coghlan, Jr. - Copy Boy; William B. Davidson - Scotty; David Durand - Blackie; Stanley Fields - Big Bruiser; Pat Flaherty - Bartender; Mary Gordon - Mrs. Finnegan; William Gould - Swedish Captain; Sibyl Harris - Woman; Howard Hickman - Doctor; Joseph King - Brown; Betty Mack; Sarah Padden - Mrs. Fallon; Emory Parnell - Policeman; Barbara Pepper - Flossie, Telephone Operator; Dick Rush; Charles Seel - Veterinary; Guy Usher - Inspector; Emmett Vogan - Priest; Lotta Williams - Woman; Isabel Withers; Maris Wrixon; Ila Rhodes; Norman Phillips - Nick; Alice Connors - Telephone Operator; Galan Galt - Railroad Cop; Al Hill Jr. - Kid

Credit

James Flood - Director, Tom Richards - Editor, Adolph Deutsch - Composer (Music Score), Leo F. Forbstein - Musical Direction/Supervision, Charles Rosher Sr. - Cinematographer, Saul Elkins - Screen Story, Earl W. Baldwin - Screenwriter, Niven Busch - Screenwriter, Lawrence Kimble - Screenwriter, Sally Sandlin - Short Story Author

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