The Tip Off

{{short description|1929 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name =The Tip Off | image =File:The Tip Off.jpg | caption = | director = Leigh Jason | producer =William Lord Wright | writer = Basil Dickey <br> Carl Krusada | narrator = | starring =Bill Cody <br> George Hackathorne <br> Duane Thompson | music = | cinematography =Charles J. Stumar | editing = Frank Atkinson | studio = Universal Pictures | distributor = Universal Pictures | released ={{Film date|1929|04|01}} | runtime = 55 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent <br> English intertitles | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Tip Off''''' (also written as '''''The Tip-Off''''') is a lost<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date= |others= |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Tip-Off |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9891/default.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321012342/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9891/default.html |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2025-08-24 |website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref> 1929 American silent crime drama film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Bill Cody, George Hackathorne and Duane Thompson.<ref>Munden p.816</ref> It was shot at Universal Studios, just as the company was producing its last silents amidst the conversion to sound. It was originally registered under the working title '''''The Stool Pigeon''''', but this was changed possibly due to the similarity to Columbia's ''Stool Pigeon''. In Britain it was released under the alternative title '''''Underworld Love'''''.

==Synopsis== Riley, a crook is on the run from the law with his associated Jimmy Lamar. They shelter with Riley's girlfriend Annie, a fortune teller. She falls for Lamar, who is planning to go straight. Once he discovers this Riley pressures Lamar into a new job, intending to frame him up. However, Annie foresees this in her crystal ball and warns Lamar.

==Cast== * Bill Cody as Jimmy Lamar * George Hackathorne as 'Shrimp' Riley * Duane Thompson as Crystal Annie * L.J. O'Connor as Capt. McHugh * Jack Singleton as Confidence Man * Robert Bolder as Duke * Monte Montague as Negro * Walter Shumway as Stock Salesman

== Preservation == With no holdings located in archives, ''The Tip Off'' is considered a lost film.<ref name=":0" />

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==Bibliography== * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0020506}}

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