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6.9(81)19521h 27m

CrimeDrama

New York City newspaper The Day is in trouble. Even though editor Ed Hutcheson has worked hard running the paper, its circulation has been steadily declining. Now the publisher's widow wants to sell the paper, which will most likely mean its end. Hutcheson's only hope is to finish his exposé on a dangerous gangster before the sale is finalized.

Director

Richard Brooks

Revenue

$2.3M

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Ed Hutcheson

Ethel Barrymore

Margaret Garrison

Kim Hunter

Nora Hutcheson

Ed Begley

Frank Allen

Warren Stevens

George Burrows

Paul Stewart

Harry Thompson

Martin Gabel

Tomas Rienzi

Joe De Santis

Herman Schmidt

Joyce Mackenzie

Katherine Garrison Geary

Audrey Christie

Mrs. Willebrandt

Fay Baker

Alice Garrison Courtney

Jim Backus

Jim Cleary

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Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

7.0

Humphrey Bogart ("Ed") is superb in this tale of a newspaper editor whose paper is being sold by it's owners. With all looking for their next job, he must try to galvanise his team into an investigation of local mafia kingpin "Rienzi" after one of their number is killed. Occasionally cluttered by a rather clumsy romance (his relationship with soon to be remarried ex-wife "Nora" (Kim Hunter)), this...