The Pay-Off (1930)
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地区:
美国
语言: 英语/
时长:
65 分钟
剧情:GeneFenmoreisasuavegentleman,safelyensconcedintheuppercrustofsociety.Unbeknownsttohissocietyacquaintances,heisalsotheleaderofthelargestmobinthecity.Butitisamobwithscruples,thankstoFenmore,andtheyonlypreyondishonestbusinessmen,andnevershootorkillanyone.However,thereisapowerstruggledevelopingbetweenFenmoreandhisnumb...
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GeneFenmoreisasuavegentleman,safelyensconcedintheuppercrustofsociety.Unbeknownsttohissocietyacquaintances,heisalsotheleaderofthelargestmobinthecity.Butitisamobwithscruples,thankstoFenmore,andtheyonlypreyondishonestbusinessmen,andnevershootorkillanyone.However,thereisapowerstruggledevelopingbetweenFenmoreandhisnumb...
GeneFenmoreisasuavegentleman,safelyensconcedintheuppercrustofsociety.Unbeknownsttohissocietyacquaintances,heisalsotheleaderofthelargestmobinthecity.Butitisamobwithscruples,thankstoFenmore,andtheyonlypreyondishonestbusinessmen,andnevershootorkillanyone.However,thereisapowerstruggledevelopingbetweenFenmoreandhisnumbertwoman,Rocky,whodisagreeswiththemoralconstraintsputonthegangbyFenmore.ThetensionbetweenthetwomenisexacerbatedbythefactRockyhastakenFenmore'sgirlfriend,Dotawayfromhim.
Ashestartstoexerthisinfluenceontheothergangmembers,Rockyholdsupayoungengagedcouple,AnnabelleandTommy,oftheirlastfewdollarsforthefunofit.WhenFenmorehearsoftherobbery,hegivesthembacktheirmoneyandtakesthemunderhiswing,offeringthebothofthemjobsonthelegitimatesideofhisbusiness.WhenRockyseesthatFenmorehastakenalikingtothecouple,hedevelopsaplantousetheminordertotakeoverFenmore'sgang.EventhoughFenmorehasgivenexplicitordersnottoinvolvethecoupleintheillicitactivitiesofthegang,Rockytakesthemalongwhenhegoestoholdupajewelrystore.Whentherobberygoeswrong,Rockyendsupshootingandkillingtheownerofthestore,afterwhichheframesTommyandAnnabelleforthecrime.
Inordertosetthingsright,Fenmoreorchestratesaconfrontationwiththepolice,whereinheconfessestothejewelrystorerobbery,andintheensuingmelee,Rockyiskilled.Asheisledoffinhandcuffs,Fenmoreturnstothepoliceofficerandsays,"Ifitwasn'tformenlikeme,theywouldn'tneedmenlikeyou."