Off the Record (film)

1939 film by James Flood

Off the Record

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| James Flood
Screenplay by| Niven Busch
Lawrence Kimble
Earl Baldwin
Story by| Saul Elkins
Sally Sandlin
Starring| Pat O'Brien
Joan Blondell
Bobby Jordan
Alan Baxter
William B. Davidson
Morgan Conway
Cinematography| Charles Rosher
Edited by| Thomas Richards
Music by| Adolph Deutsch

Production
company

Warner Bros.

Distributed by| Warner Bros.

Release date

* January 21, 1939 (1939-01-21)

Running time

| 62 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Off the Record is a 1939 American drama film directed by James Flood and written by Niven Busch, Lawrence Kimble and Earl Baldwin. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Bobby Jordan, Alan Baxter, William B. Davidson and Morgan Conway. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 21, 1939.[1][2][3]

## Plot[edit]

Two newspaper reporters, Thomas "Breezy" Elliott and Jane Morgan, inadvertently send a boy named Mickey Fallon to reform school after they write an exposé of the illegal slot-machine racket the boy was a spotter for. Guilt-ridden, Jane convinces Breezy that they should marry in order to adopt Mickey so they can get him out of reform school.

## Cast[edit]

* Pat O'Brien as Thomas 'Breezy' Elliott
* Joan Blondell as Jane Morgan
* Bobby Jordan as Mickey Fallon
* Alan Baxter as Joe Fallon
* William B. Davidson as Scotty
* Morgan Conway as Lou Baronette
* Clay Clement as Jaeggers
* Selmer Jackson as Det. Mendall
* Addison Richards as Brand
* Pierre Watkin as Barton
* Joe King as Brown
* Douglas Wood as J.W.
* Armand Kaliz as Chatteau
* Emory Parnell as Policeman

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Off the Record (1939) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
2. ^ Nugent, Frank S. (1939-02-18). "Movie Review - Off the Record - THE SCREEN; Dumas's 'Three Musketeers' Falls Afoul the Ritzes at the Roxy-'Off the Record' at the Strand". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
3. ^ "Off the Record". Afi.com. 1939-01-21. Retrieved 2015-09-02.

## External links[edit]

* Off the Record at IMDb

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Films directed by James Flood

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* Times Have Changed  (1923)
* When Odds Are Even  (1923)
* The Tenth Woman  (1924)
* The Man Without a Conscience  (1925)
* The Woman Hater (1925)
* The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted  (1925)
* Satan in Sables  (1925)
* Why Girls Go Back Home  (1926)
* The Honeymoon Express  (1926)
* The Lady in Ermine  (1927)
* Three Hours  (1927)
* The Count of Ten (1928)
* Domestic Meddlers (1928)
* Marriage by Contract (1928)
* Midstream (1929)
* Whispering Winds (1929)
* Mister Antonio (1929)
* The Swellhead (1930)
* Sisters (1930)
* The She-Wolf (1931)
* The Mouthpiece (1932)
* Life Begins (1932)
* Under-Cover Man (1932)
* All of Me (1934)
* Such Women Are Dangerous (1934)
* Wings in the Dark (1935)
* Shanghai (1935)
* We're Only Human (1935)
* Everybody's Old Man (1936)
* Lonely Road (1936)
* Midnight Madonna (1937)
* Off the Record (1939)
* The Big Fix (1947)
* Stepchild (1947)

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