The Tip-Off (film)

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The Tip-Off
File:TheTip-OffPoster.jpg
Theatrical poster for the film
Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Produced by Charles R. Rogers
Screenplay by Earl Baldwin
Story by George Kibbe Turner
Starring Eddie Quillan
Robert Armstrong
Ginger Rogers
Joan Peers
Ralf Harolde
Music by Arthur Lange
Cinematography Edward Snyder
Edited by Charles Craft
Production
company
Distributed by RKO Pictures
Release dates
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  • October 16, 1931 (1931-10-16)
Running time
71 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Tip-Off is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Earl Baldwin. The film stars Eddie Quillan, Robert Armstrong, Ginger Rogers, Joan Peers and Ralf Harolde.[1][2] The film was released on October 16, 1931, by RKO Pictures.

Plot

Young Tommy Jordan (Eddie Quillan) is sent for a reparation job. When he arrives at the address he was told, two guy's are awaiting him on the street, bringing him somewhere else - without letting him see where - to repair a radio. He jokes about "must be a hide-out, that I should not know where I am", for which he earns a "you're a smart guy". When left in the apartment doing his job, following the wire he lands up in the bedroom, when lying on the floor under the bed, the telephone rings. A woman comes out of the bathroom, he can see only the legs, and answers. He is trapped under the bed. When the lady has finished her conversation, they have to talk and he is told that his great idol Kayo McClure (Robert Armstrong (actor)) a fighter lives in that apartment. She herself is "famous" Babyface (Ginger Rogers) the woman of McClure. When McClure comes back home, Tommy manages to hide and when Gang leader Nick Vatelli (Ralf Harolde) appears in McClures apartment with his men threatening him, Tommy acts as Policeofficers through the radio-microphone, so that they leave the flat. McClure is forever thankful to Tommy and he offers him to help him whenever he needs it. McClure hands him out a ticket to a ball. When he gets to the ball there is Baby-Face eager to dance with him. To avoid being mixed up too much with her attracting jealousy of McClure he grabs another girl, that was handy to him, to dance. But this girl is even worse, as she is the fiancé of Nick, Edna Moreno (Joan Peers). Tommy is very fond of her and when Nick appears he finally takes Edna with him to McClure, to hide for a night. The next day Babyface argues with McClure about hiding the kids, threatening to leave him. Edna leaves the apartment without saying nothing. Tommy finds out where she is, and with the help of McClure he saves her before marrying Nick, just to end up marrying her himself.

Cast

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