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Unholy Partners

  • 19411941
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 34m
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6.5/10
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Edward G. Robinson, Edward Arnold, Laraine Day, and Marsha Hunt in Unholy Partners (1941)
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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.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
514
YOUR RATING
    • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Earl Baldwin(original screenplay)
    • Bartlett Cormack(original screenplay)
    • Lesser Samuels(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Edward G. Robinson
    • Laraine Day
    • Edward Arnold
    • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Earl Baldwin(original screenplay)
    • Bartlett Cormack(original screenplay)
    • Lesser Samuels(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Edward G. Robinson
    • Laraine Day
    • Edward Arnold
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    William T. Orr, Charles Dingle, and Marsha Hunt in Unholy Partners (1941)
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    Edward G. Robinson and Marcel Dalio in Unholy Partners (1941)
    Edward Arnold and Marsha Hunt in Unholy Partners (1941)
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    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)

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    Edward G. Robinson
    Edward G. Robinson
    • Bruce Corey
    Laraine Day
    Laraine Day
    • Miss 'Croney' Cronin
    Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    • Merrill Lambert
    Marsha Hunt
    Marsha Hunt
    • Gail Fenton
    William T. Orr
    William T. Orr
    • Thomas 'Tommy' Jarvis - an alias of Tommy Jarrett
    Don Beddoe
    Don Beddoe
    • Michael Z. 'Mike' Reynolds
    Walter Kingsford
    Walter Kingsford
    • Mr. Peck - Managing Editor
    Charles Dingle
    Charles Dingle
    • Clyde Fenton
    Charles Halton
    Charles Halton
    • Phil Kaper - Attorney
    Joe Downing
    • Jerry - Henchman
    • (as Joseph Downing)
    Clyde Fillmore
    Clyde Fillmore
    • Jason Grant
    Emory Parnell
    Emory Parnell
    • Col. Mason
    Don Costello
    Don Costello
    • Georgie Pelotti
    Marcel Dalio
    Marcel Dalio
    • Molyneaux
    Charles Cane
    • Insp. Brody
    • (scenes deleted)
    Connie Russell
    Connie Russell
    • Singer
    • (scenes deleted)
    William 'Billy' Benedict
    William 'Billy' Benedict
    • Copyboy Wanting Paper
    • (uncredited)
    Gertrude Bennett
    • Newspaper Woman
    • (uncredited)
      • Mervyn LeRoy
      • Earl Baldwin(original screenplay)
      • Bartlett Cormack(original screenplay)
      • Lesser Samuels(original screenplay)
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    • 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
      Featured in Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      After You've Gone
      (Turner Layton, Henry Creamer)

      Sung by Marsha Hunt

    User reviews22

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    6/10
    newspaper drama
    I was interested in this film for two reasons - I like Edward G. Robinson very much, and just last year, I saw Marsha Hunt at Paramount's 100th anniversary party, 95 years old, with all her marbles, looking marvelous. It is wonderful to see her here, at the age of 23.

    Unholy Partners takes place after World War I, when a newspaper man, Bruce Corey (Robinson) returns from the conflict - but not to his old reporting job. He wants to start a different kind of newspaper -- more of a tabloid, something people can fold over and read easily in the subway. But he doesn't have the money. He approaches a crooked gambler, Merritt Lambert (Edward Arnold) and wins the $250,000 from him that he needs, making them partners. Corey starts the paper along with his secretary (Laraine Day) and an assistant, Tommy (William T. Orr). Conflicts arise when Lambert objects to the investigation of certain stories that involve him.

    This is a good film, somewhat melodramatic, with a pretty Hunt singing "After You've Gone" - she had a wonderful voice - as she plays Gail Fenton, who is dating Lambert, but has drawn the interest of Corey's assistant (Orr). If you baby boomers will think back, you may remember that at the end of every TV series produced by Warner Brothers there was the name Wm. T. Orr - Orr became a very successful executive producer. Robinson, Arnold, Day, and Orr are all very good.

    This film came out around the same time as Citizen Kane so probably got lost in the shuffle, not that it's anywhere near as good. The interesting thing is they talk about the end of tabloid era. Little did they know that we're still in it, worse than ever.

    The paper Corey starts, The New York Mercury, was based on the newspaper The New York Mirror. One of the reviews mentions reading the Sunday funnies. I did too. It was a fun paper.
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    • Release date
      • November 1941 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 34 minutes
      • Black and White

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