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-30-

  • 1959
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
429
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-30- (1959)
Drama

A managing editor of a LA newspaper must put together headlines for the next day in a way that'll attract the potential readers, deal with hectic going-ons at the workplace and have a seriou... Read allA managing editor of a LA newspaper must put together headlines for the next day in a way that'll attract the potential readers, deal with hectic going-ons at the workplace and have a serious talk with his wife about her wish to adopt.A managing editor of a LA newspaper must put together headlines for the next day in a way that'll attract the potential readers, deal with hectic going-ons at the workplace and have a serious talk with his wife about her wish to adopt.

  • Director
    • Jack Webb
  • Writer
    • William Bowers
  • Stars
    • Jack Webb
    • William Conrad
    • David Nelson
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    429
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jack Webb
    • Writer
      • William Bowers
    • Stars
      • Jack Webb
      • William Conrad
      • David Nelson
    • 19User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    -30- (1959)
    Jack Webb in -30- (1959)
    Louise Lorimer and Jack Webb in -30- (1959)
    Richard Bakalyan, Marshall Kent, and Fay McKenzie in -30- (1959)
    Nancy Valentine and Jack Webb in -30- (1959)
    William Conrad, James Bell, and Jack Webb in -30- (1959)
    William Conrad, Louise Lorimer, David Nelson, and Jack Webb in -30- (1959)
    William Conrad and Jack Webb in -30- (1959)
    William Conrad and Jack Webb in -30- (1959)

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    Jack Webb
    Jack Webb
    • Sam Gatlin
    William Conrad
    William Conrad
    • Jim Bathgate
    David Nelson
    David Nelson
    • Earl Collins
    Whitney Blake
    Whitney Blake
    • Peggy Gatlin
    Louise Lorimer
    Louise Lorimer
    • Lady Wilson
    James Bell
    James Bell
    • Ben Quinn
    Nancy Valentine
    Nancy Valentine
    • Jan Price
    Joe Flynn
    Joe Flynn
    • Hymie Shapiro
    Richard Bakalyan
    Richard Bakalyan
    • Carl Thompson
    Dick Whittinghill
    Dick Whittinghill
    • Fred Kendall
    John Nolan
    • Ron Danton
    Howard McNear
    Howard McNear
    • Editor
    Jonathan Hole
    Jonathan Hole
    • Pettifog
    Richard Deacon
    Richard Deacon
    • Chapman
    Ronnie Dapo
    Ronnie Dapo
    • Billy
    Fay McKenzie
    Fay McKenzie
    • Mrs. Jason
    Marshall Kent
    Marshall Kent
    • Mr. Jason
    Howard Culver
    Howard Culver
    • Walt Ashton
    • Director
      • Jack Webb
    • Writer
      • William Bowers
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    • Trivia
      In typical Jack Webb fashion, principal photography was finished in only 12 of the scheduled 18 days.
    • Goofs
      After a fledgling writer turns in a news story on her first night as a reporter, the editor sends it to be typeset without even reading it.
    • Quotes

      Carl Thompson: Now this is our art department. And this is Mr. Chapman, one of our staff artists. Mr. Chapman, this is Mr. and Mrs. Jason.

      Bentley Jason: [along with his wife] How do you do, Mr. Chapman!

      Carl Thompson: Would you draw something for us please, Mr. Chapman?

      Chapman: [stares at Thompsons] Draw? Draw? What would you like? A dog? A cat? Or a pig with a squiggly tail? Or how about a house? I was always real big in the house department! Especially on those chimneys with the smoke cork-screwing out!

    • Crazy credits
      [at the end of the cast list] "And Miss Arkansas of 1959 - Donna Sue Needham."
    • Connections
      Referenced in Law & Order: Criminal Intent: 30 (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Boy
      Written by Don Ralke and William Bowers

      Sung by David Nelson

    User reviews19

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    A Prose Opera
    This film is entertaining but marred by a too archly clever script, lines that are delivered, (particularly by William Conrad), as if the speaker were narrating a documentary and scenes that are played at 45RPM instead of 33. The effect is to make the film play like an opera without the music, complete with a mixture of low comedy and high tragedy. An attempt to break the news about a loved one's death becomes an extended discourse on God and the Universe. (I have always found that people in a certain situation are not very interested in the philosophies of people who are not.) Someone makes a wisecrack about the newspaper business and Conrad launches into a sort of aria about the purpose of the news business. He also sings lines like "BBBooooyyy!" when he calls for a copy boy. We have a kid trapped in sewers, another hoping to be adopted by the hero, another dying in a plane crash, etc. etc. I also agree that the thought of David Nelson having been a sergeant in the Korean War when the actor was born in 1936 is absurd.

    Still, no one can deny that the film is entertaining for all it's faults. It moves and has real dramatic punch. Jack Webb's performance is his best in the movies since "The Men", (1950), although he still lacks the presence and charisma of the movie star he surely wanted to be. This was almost his last attempt at it after "Dragnet (1954), Pete Kelly's Blues, (1955) and The D.I. (1957). He had one more attempt, "The Last Time I saw Archie" (1961), a service comedy with Robert Mitchum, (now there's a Movie Star!) which, like -30-, was a box office flop and ended Webb's ambitions in this regard. He them became a Warner Brother's executive and then returned to the medium where he really excelled, television.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 19, 1963 (Mexico)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Deadline Midnight
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Mark VII Ltd.
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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