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.
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Cast
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| Jack Webb | ... | Sam Gatlin | |
| William Conrad | ... | Jim Bathgate | |
| David Nelson | ... | Earl Collins | |
| Whitney Blake | ... | Peggy Gatlin | |
| Louise Lorimer | ... | Lady Wilson | |
| James Bell | ... | Ben Quinn | |
| Nancy Valentine | ... | Jan Price | |
| Joe Flynn | ... | Hymie Shapiro | |
| Richard Bakalyan | ... | Carl Thompson | |
| Dick Whittinghill | ... | Fred Kendall | |
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John Nolan | ... | Ron Danton |
| Howard McNear | ... | Editor | |
| Jonathan Hole | ... | Pettifog | |
| Richard Deacon | ... | Chapman | |
| Ronnie Dapo | ... | Billy | |
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Managing Editor Sam Gatlin arrives in the afternoon and departs early the next morning, having assembled a morning newspaper for Los Angeles. During this implausibly active day in the life of a metropolitan newspaper, Sam and his wife Peggy argue about adopting a child. The reporter's grandson pilots a military plane from Honolulu to New York. A child is lost in the LA sewers (Gatlin composes a warning headline with picture: "Children Stay Out of These"). And copy boy Earl Collins considers quitting after failing to properly deliver a bet by city editor Jim Bathgate on the sex of children being born to a famous actress. Written by Paul Schindler <paul@schindler.org>
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26 people on the night shift of a big metropolitan newspaper...8 drama-crowded hours in their lives, starting with a laugh and ending on a note of freezing terror! It all adds up to a new high in motion picture excitement! See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 December 1963 (Mexico) See more »Also Known As:
Deadline Midnight See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
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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!
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The daily newspaper in the film was loosely based on the real-life newspaper Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. According to an article in the December 1959 edition of American Cinematrographer, one interior set was built measuring 200 by 60 feet that replicated that newspaper's newsroom. See more »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. See more »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!
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I have always enjoyed this movie, which is admittedly corny at times and overly sentimental. However, "-30-", is a movie that is not dull and has a lot of subplots going on to hold your interest. Jack Webb, who also directed, stars as Sam Gatlin, the editor of a Los Angeles newspaper. He's had tragedy in his life and has closed himself off. He's outwardly gruff but has a soft heart. The action in the film takes place during one night, with a heavy rain storm, a missing child and several other stories competing for the front page before the deadline arrives. William Conrad attempts to steal every scene he is in but adds a lot of humor to the story as the city editor who is outwardly gruff but has a soft heart (there's definitely a lot of that in this movie). This movie and the "D.I." are my favorite movies starring Jack Webb.