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Girl in the News

6.4/10

August 28, 1940

78 minutes

Carol Reed

Crime Thriller

Overview

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arise.

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Movie Details

Release Date

August 28, 1940

Runtime

78 minutes

Director

Carol Reed

Rating

6.4/10

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Cast

Margaret Lockwood

Anne Graham

Barry K. Barnes

Stephen Farringdon

Emlyn Williams

Tracy

Roger Livesey

Bill Maher

Basil Radford

Doctor Threadgrove

Margaretta Scott

Judith Bentley

Wyndham Goldie

Edward Bentley

Irene Handl

Gertrude Mary Blaker

Mervyn Johns

James Fetherwood

Betty Jardine

Elsie

Kathleen Harrison

Cook

Felix Aylmer

Prosecuting Counsel

Roland Culver

Police Inspector (Uncredited)

Mark Daly

Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Arthur Denton

Ticket Collector (Uncredited)

Leo Genn

Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

Bryan Herbert

Witness (Uncredited)

Michael Hordern

Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

Roddy Hughes

Doctor (Uncredited)

James Knight

Traffic Policeman (Uncredited)