News Is Made at Night (1939)
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- 1h 10min
- Action, Adventure
- 21 Jul 1939 (USA)
- Movie
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.
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| Preston Foster | ... |
Steve Drum
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| Lynn Bari | ... |
Maxine Thomas
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| Russell Gleason | ... |
Albert Hockman
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| George Barbier | ... |
Clanahan
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| Eddie Collins | ... |
Billiard
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| Minor Watson | ... |
Charles Coulton - aka Clifford Mussey
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| Charles Halton | ... |
Lt. Gov. Elmer Hinge
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| Paul Harvey | ... |
Inspector Melrose
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| Richard Lane | ... |
Barney Basely
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| Charles Lane | ... |
District Attorney Rufe Reynolds
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| Betty Compson | ... |
Kitty Truman
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| Paul Fix | ... |
Joe Luddy
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| Paul Guilfoyle | ... |
Bat Randall
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Ernie Alexander | ... |
Drunk (uncredited)
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| Irving Bacon | ... |
Mike - Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
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Eugene Borden | ... |
Headwaiter (uncredited)
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| Wade Boteler | ... |
Warden (uncredited)
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| Harold Goodwin | ... |
Simms (uncredited)
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| George Guhl | ... |
Turnkey (uncredited)
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J. Anthony Hughes | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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| William Irving | ... |
Drunk (uncredited)
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| Robert Emmett Keane | ... |
Fred Barrett (uncredited)
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| Alberto Morin | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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| James C. Morton | ... |
Bartender (uncredited)
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| David Newell | ... |
Starter (uncredited)
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| Jack Norton | ... |
Drunk (uncredited)
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| George O'Hara | ... |
Usher (uncredited)
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| Imboden Parrish | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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| Arthur Rankin | ... |
Secretary (uncredited)
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| Jack Richardson | ... |
Golfer (uncredited)
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| Harry Strang | ... |
Guard (uncredited)
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| Billy Wayne | ... |
Technician (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Alfred L. Werker | ||
Written by
| John Francis Larkin | ... | (original screenplay) (as John Larkin) |
Produced by
| Edward Kaufman | ... | associate producer |
| Sol M. Wurtzel | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Ernest Palmer | ... | (photography) |
Editing by
| Nick DeMaggio | ||
Art Direction by
| Richard Day | ||
| Chester Gore | ||
Set Decoration by
| Thomas Little | ||
Costume Design by
| Helen A. Myron | ||
Sound Department
| Joseph E. Aiken | ... | sound |
| William H. Anderson | ... | sound |
Music Department
| Samuel Kaylin | ... | musical director / composer: stock music (uncredited) |
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- Twentieth Century Fox (1939) (United States) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1939) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
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Storyline
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Steve Drum, a crusading newspaper editor, short on scruples when it comes to increasing his newspaper's circulation but long on honesty when justice is at stake, combines these traits to free an innocent man, and to find and convict the real culprit. Staff reporter Maxine Thomas trails along, supplying both help and complications.
Written by Les Adams |
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| Taglines | THE MAN WHO LIVED A FANTASTIC HOAX AND VICTIMIZED A NATION! (original poster - all caps) See more » |
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