Behind the News

Behind the News

SEARING DRAMA!

NR 1940 · 75 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama, Crime

As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).

Directed by Joseph Santley · Written by Isabel Dawn

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Cast

Lloyd Nolan Stuart Woodrow
Frank Albertson Jeff Flavin
Doris Davenport Barbara Shaw
Robert Armstrong Vic Archer
Charles Halton Neil Saunders
Paul Harvey D. A. Hardin S. Kelly
Harry Tyler Monroe
Dick Elliott Foster
Archie Twitchell Reporter
Eddie Fetherston Toots - Reporter
Eddie Conrad Enrico
Frank Puglia Tomas Almedo

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