The Big Tip Off
- Original title
- The Big Tip Off
- Year
- 1955
- Running time
- 78 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Richard Conte
- Constance Smith
- Bruce Bennett
- Cathy Downs
- James Millican
- Richard Benedict
- Sam Flint
- Mary Carroll
- Murray Alper
- Lela Bliss
- Harry Guardino
- April Stevens
- Spade Cooley
- Ginny Jackson
- Virginia Carroll
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- Music
- Cinematography
John J. Martin (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Film noir | Crime
- Synopsis
- Richard Conte plays two-bit newspaper columnist Johnny Denton, who gains notoreity by printing tips on upcoming gangland activities. Denton heightens his fame by refusing to reveal the source of his information; the audience knows, however, that Denton's tip-off man is crime kingpin Bob Gilmore (Bruce Bennett), who is in the process of staging a phony telethon to scam the public. This plot element is mainly an excuse to offer a series of unrelated variety acts featuring such LA TV personalities as Spade Cooley, April Stevens, Chuy Reyes, and Ginny Jackson. The two male protagonists are given a chance for redemption through the auspices of Sister Joan (Cathy Downs), but an apparent murder muddies the proceedings.
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