Movie

Five Star Final

“A picture as sensational as its subject!”

★ 6.6(46)19311h 29m

Five Star Final is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in Japan, and available to rent or buy on Amazon Video. Availability checked 12 June 2026.

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Good to know

Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Release date: 1931-09-26
Runtime: 1h 29m
Language: English
Box office: $822,000
Budget: $310,000
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Studio: The Vitaphone Corporation

Five Star Final — trailer

About Five Star Final

Five Star Final is a 1931 movie in the Crime and Drama genres, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh and H.B. Warner. It has a runtime of 1 hour 29 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.6/10 from 46 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Five Star Final in Japan — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.

Cast

Edward G. Robinson

Joseph W. Randall

Marian Marsh

Jenny Townsend

H.B. Warner

Michael Townsend

Anthony Bushell

Phillip Weeks

George E. Stone

Ziggie Feinstein

Frances Starr

Nancy (Voorhees) Townsend

Ona Munson

Kitty Carmody

Boris Karloff

T. Vernon Isopod

Aline MacMahon

Miss Taylor

Oscar Apfel

Bernard Hinchecliffe

Purnell Pratt

Robert French

Robert Elliott

R.J. Brannegan

Themes & keywords

pressbased on play or musicalnewspaper mannewspaper editorpre-codefemale journalistbreach of promisesensationalismaccused of murdercrime serialtabloid journalismnewspaper headline