I'll Tell the World

I'll Tell the World

HISTORY IS MADE- and TRACY MAKES IT!

NR 1934 · 77 min · ★ 7.0 · Romance, Comedy

Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.

Directed by Edward Sedgwick · Written by Lincoln Quarberg

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