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The Finger Points is a 1931 American Pre-Code melodramatic crime film directed and produced by John Francis Dillon through First National Pictures, Inc., and written by W.R. Burnett and John Monk Saunders. It stars Richard Barthelmess as Breckenridge Lee and Fay Wray as Marcia Collins, a pair of newspaper reporters. The movie is based on a true story of a crooked newspaperman involved in Al Capone's criminal reign of the 1920's.

Clark Gable was chosen to be Louis J. Blanco, the chief enforcer of the mob. Contracted with MGM, Gable filmed scenes for The Finger Points, Night Nurse, and The Easiest Way simultaneously.

Cast

 * Richard Barthelmess as Breckenridge "Breck" Lee
 * Fay Wray as Marcia Collins
 * Regis Toomey as Charles "Breezy" Russell
 * Robert Elliott as City Editor Frank Carter
 * Clark Gable as Louis J. Blanco
 * Oscar Apfel as Managing Editor Ellis Wheeler
 * Robert Gleckler as Larry Haynes, Sphinx Club Manager

Uncredited
 * Mickey Bennett as Arthur, Office Boy
 * James P. Burtis as Cop
 * Martin Cichy as Blanco's Bodyguard
 * Bob Perry as Henchman in Haynes' club
 * Lew Harvey as Henchman in 'Number One's' office
 * George Taylor as Henchman in 'Number One's' office
 * Frank Marlowe as Guard at 'Number One's' office
 * Herman Krumpfel as Breck's Tailor
 * Frank McClure as Casino Patron
 * Field Norton as Casino Patron
 * Albert Petit as Casino Patron
 * J. Carrol Naish as Phone Voice ("The Finger is on You")