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
Carl Krusada

| narrator =

| starring =Bill Cody
George Hackathorne
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
English intertitles

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Tip Off (also written as The Tip-Off) is a 1929 American silent crime drama film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Bill Cody, George Hackathorne and Duane Thompson.Munden p.816 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.