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Behind the News (1940)

Behind the News (1940)

Drama Crime

SEARING DRAMA!

Release Date: 1940, December 20
Directors: Joseph Santley
Countries: United States of America
Production: Republic Pictures
Cast: Charles Stevens, Frank Albertson, James Bush, Eddy Chandler, Dick Elliott, Eddie Fetherston, Charles Halton, Wilbur Mack, Lloyd Nolan, Emmett Vogan, Frank Puglia, Archie Twitchell

Overview:

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).

Keywords:

newspaper reporter