This Man Is News
6.5
A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.
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Cast
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Barry K. Barnes
Simon Drake
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Valerie Hobson
Pat Drake
Known for
Bride of Frankenstein
Great Expectations
Alastair Sim
MacGregor
Known for
Scrooge
An Inspector Calls
John Warwick
Johnnie Clayton
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The Face at the Window
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Philip Leaver
'Harelip' Murphy
Known for
The Lady Vanishes
The Tales of Hoffmann
James Birrie
Doyle
No other roles listed
David Keir
Brown
Also in
The Captive Heart
Crimes at the Dark House
Tom Gill
Peter Brown
Also in
The Limping Man
For Men Only
Edward Lexy
Inspector Hollis
Also in
Miss Robin Hood
Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
Garry Marsh
Sergeant Bright
Known for
Number Seventeen
Scrooge
Kenneth Buckley
Ken Marquis
Also in
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Stolen Life
Jack Vyvyan
White, a Fireman
Also in
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Q Planes
David MacDonald Director · Basil Dearden Writer Roger MacDougall Writer
First release September 16, 1938 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Paramount Pictures
Production
Pinebrook Studios
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 16, 1938
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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