Unholy Partners

19411941
PassedPassed
1h 34min

Edward G. Robinson, Edward Arnold, Laraine Day, and Marsha Hunt in Unholy Partners (1941)

Crime Drama Romance

A tough, ambitious newspaperman starts a new tabloid in 1919 New York, with a crooked big-time gambler as a partner.A tough, ambitious newspaperman starts a new tabloid in 1919 New York, with a crooked big-time gambler as a partner.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(original screenplay)
- Bartlett Cormack(original screenplay)
- Lesser Samuels(original screenplay)
Stars

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William T. Orr, Charles Dingle, and Marsha Hunt in Unholy Partners (1941)

Edward G. Robinson and Frank Darien in Unholy Partners (1941)

Edward G. Robinson and Marcel Dalio in Unholy Partners (1941)

Edward Arnold and Marsha Hunt in Unholy Partners (1941)

Jay Novello in Unholy Partners (1941)

Edward G. Robinson and Joe Downing in Unholy Partners (1941)

Edward Arnold and Don Costello in Unholy Partners (1941)

Edward G. Robinson and Emory Parnell in Unholy Partners (1941)

Edward G. Robinson and Laraine Day in Unholy Partners (1941)

Edward G. Robinson, William T. Orr, Don Beddoe, Frank Faylen, and Walter Kingsford in Unholy Partners (1941)

Edward G. Robinson, William T. Orr, Edward Arnold, and Marsha Hunt in Unholy Partners (1941)

Edward G. Robinson, Edward Arnold, and Laraine Day in Unholy Partners (1941)

Edward G. Robinson

Bruce Coreyas Bruce Corey

Miss 'Croney' Croninas Miss 'Croney' Cronin

Merrill Lambertas Merrill Lambert

Gail Fentonas Gail Fenton

Thomas 'Tommy' Jarvis - an alias of Tommy Jarrettas Thomas 'Tommy' Jarvis - an alias of Tommy Jarrett

Michael Z. 'Mike' Reynoldsas Michael Z. 'Mike' Reynolds

Walter Kingsford

Mr. Peck - Managing Editoras Mr. Peck - Managing Editor

Clyde Fentonas Clyde Fenton

Phil Kaper - Attorneyas Phil Kaper - Attorney

Jerry - Henchmanas Jerry - Henchman
(as Joseph Downing)

Jason Grantas Jason Grant

Col. Masonas Col. Mason

Georgie Pelottias Georgie Pelotti

Molyneauxas Molyneaux

Insp. Brodyas Insp. Brody
(scenes deleted)

Singeras Singer
(scenes deleted)

William 'Billy' Benedict

Copyboy Wanting Paperas Copyboy Wanting Paper
(uncredited)

Gertrude Bennett

Newspaper Womanas Newspaper Woman
(uncredited)

Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
Writers
- Earl Baldwin(original screenplay)
- Bartlett Cormack(original screenplay)
- Lesser Samuels(original screenplay)
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Newspaperman Bruce Corey returns from World War I with new ideas and wants to start his own tabloid. For want of other financing, he takes on as silent partner Merrill Lambert, gangland gambling kingpin. Thus is born the New York Mercury. Though its standards are not of the cleanest, Corey does fight to keep his paper's voice independent of Lambert. The two men's clash reaches a climax just as unsuspecting young reporter Tommy becomes Lambert's rival for lovely Gail Fenton. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

edward g robinson billed above the title actor billed above the title song singing violence 34 more

Taglines
- Mad Manhattan in the Sin Decade
Genres
Certificate
- Passed
Parents guide

Trivia
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.

Goofs
In Bruce's new newspaper office, circa 1919, Croney is wearing a dress with a full zipper up the back. That style would not come into use until twenty years later, as it was considered "vulgar" for a woman to wear a dress that could come off so easily.

Quotes
Merrill Lambert: Anything can be bought for dough!

Connections
Referenced in You Can't Fool a Camera (1941)

Soundtracks
After You've Gone
(Turner Layton, Henry Creamer)
Sung by Marsha Hunt

Top review

Too classy an effort

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 ending tacked on for no particularly good reason, and you go away after 95 minutes feeling less than satisfied. Someone shudda told those guys at MGM, class ain't everything.

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Release date
- November 1941 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- New York Story
Filming locations
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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Runtime
- 1h 34min
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

Edward G. Robinson, Edward Arnold, Laraine Day, and Marsha Hunt in Unholy Partners (1941)

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