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Girl in the News

1940 | 78m | English

(386 votes)

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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 arouses.
Release Date: Aug 28, 1940
Director: Carol Reed
Writer: Sidney Gilliat, Roy Vickers
Genres: Crime, Thriller
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Production Companies 20th Century Fox
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Aug 03, 2024
Entered: Apr 28, 2024
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Name Character
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)
Gordon McLeod Chief Inspector (Uncredited)
Charles Paton Chemist (Uncredited)
Jack Raine Detective Smith (Uncredited)
Edward Rigby Hospital Secretary (Uncredited)
Jerry Verno Charlie, Prisoner in Police Car (Uncredited)
Name Job
Sidney Gilliat Screenplay
Otto Kanturek Director of Photography
Carol Reed Director
Sydney Wiles Sound Recordist
Louis Levy Original Music Composer, Music Director
Michael Gordon Editorial Services
Alex Vetchinsky Art Direction
Maurice Ostrer Production Manager
B. C. Sewell Sound Supervisor
Roy Vickers Novel
R. E. Dearing Editor
Charles Williams Original Music Composer
Name Title
Edward Black Producer
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Geronimo1967
7.0

This has three strong ingredients for a murder mystery - Carol Reed in the chair, Sidney Gilliat at the typewriter and Margaret Lockwood on top form as the nurse "Anne Grahame". The latter is looking after a cantankerous old woman who is found dead by poisoning. Lockwood is tried for the murder, but ... is ably defended by "Stephen Farringdon" (Barry Barnes) and acquitted. In order to avoid the stigma, she changes her name to "Anne Lovell" and starts to look after another old person - this time one whose wife is having a fling with their chauffeur. When he dies, suddenly, Lockwood's past catches up with her and, naturally, the police led by Roger Livesey ("Sgt. Mather") - who just happens to be the flatmate of "Farringdon", who himself has now become a bit of her beau - set out to arrest her so the race is on to establish just who did what to whom. The pace is good; the performances from Lockwwod, Barnes and Livesey engaging - with a bit of help from a rather aloof Margaretta Scott as the scheming widow "Bentley" and a brief, but cleverly touching, contribution from Mervyn Johns - the blind barber! The courtroom scenes allow for a bit of Felix Aylmer and Basil Bradford before an ending that all came too quickly, and did rather let it down. It doesn't hang about, though and is well worth a watch.

Jun 23, 2022