There’s a common phrase amongst business men and women today, that goes something along the lines of, “business-ethics is an oxymoron.” This idea stems from a rather cynical standpoint, in which some believe that for one to maximize their own profits, they must abandon moral values, and who may get taken advantage of on the path to achieve one’s goal.
The 1931 film, Five Star Final is an outlier here, or at least, that’s what many would think upon watching the first-half, or basic summary of this story unfold on the silver screen. A story of a newspaper, The Gazette, hoping to share an investigative report of an old scandal involving one Miss Nancy Townsend, and the alleged murder she committed. A valiant cause to expose the truth in the face of the public, right?
Well, no. Not at all. Upon further watching we learn that Nancy’s case had been dead and buried for nearly 20 years, with courts unable to charge her.
