Behind the News (1940)
Directed by Joseph Santley · 75 min · Drama, Crime
1.1 TOPICAL score · #6,638 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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).
Behind the News (1940, directed by Joseph Santley) has a TOPICAL score of 1.1 - ranked 6,638 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 8/10 (2 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 6 languages.
Why this score
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- AudienceTMDB 8/10 (2 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 6 languages
- Still read180 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Lloyd Nolan (actor #1,843), Frank Albertson, Doris Davenport, Robert Armstrong (actor #1,706)
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