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News Is Made at Night (1939)

1h 15m · 20 Jul 1939

THE MAN WHO LIVED A FANTASTIC HOAX AND VICTIMIZED A NATION!

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Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.

Movie ID112234
GenreAction, Comedy
DirectorAlfred L. Werker
Main castPreston Foster, Lynn Bari, Russell Gleason, George Barbier, Eddie Collins, Minor Watson, Charles Halton, Paul Harvey
Release date20 July 1939
Release year1939
LanguageEnglish
Duration75 min (1h 15m)
Rating4.8 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house20th Century Fox

Director: Alfred L. Werker
Writers: John Francis Larkin

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Preston FosterSteve Drum Lynn BariMaxine Thomas Russell GleasonAlbert Hockman George BarbierClanahan Eddie CollinsBilliard Minor WatsonCharles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey Charles HaltonLt. Governor Elmer Hinge Paul HarveyInspector Melrose Richard LaneBarney Basely Charles LaneDistrict Attorney Rufe Reynolds Betty CompsonKitty Truman Paul FixJoe Luddy Paul GuilfoyleBat Randall
Ernie AlexanderDrunk
Irving BaconMike, Fingerprint Man Eugene BordenHeadwaiter Wade BotelerWarden Harold GoodwinSimms George GuhlTurnkey J. Anthony HughesGuard

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