Deadline – USA (1952)
Director: Richard Brooks
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Former newspaperman Brooks made a good fist of this media drama. He has Bogey in his favour as the crusading editor of a New York daily, battling to expose crime kingpin Gabel, while at the same time persuading owner Barrymore from selling the whole operation. Tautly scripted and put over with a feeling for authenticity (it was shot in the offices of the New York Daily News), it's one of those films where Brooks' liberal sympathies and no-nonsense storytelling is squarely on target.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Richard Brooks
Producer: Sol C Siegel
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Martin Gabel, Ed Begley, Paul Stewart, Jim Backus full cast
Duration: 87 mins
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