Girl in the News

Girl in the News

78 mins | Crime, Thriller | Aug. 28, 1940

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.

Girl in the News

78 mins | Crime, Thriller | Aug. 28, 1940

Girl in the News
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Girl in the News
Directors Carol Reed
Writers Roy Vickers, Sidney Gilliat

Cast

Margaret Lockwood

as Anne Graham

Barry K. Barnes

as Stephen Farringdon

Emlyn Williams

as Tracy

Roger Livesey

as Bill Maher

Basil Radford

as Doctor Threadgrove

Margaretta Scott

as Judith Bentley

Wyndham Goldie

as Edward Bentley

Irene Handl

as Gertrude Mary Blaker

Mervyn Johns

as James Fetherwood

Betty Jardine

as Elsie

Felix Aylmer

as Prosecuting Counsel

Roland Culver

as Police Inspector (Uncredited)

Mark Daly

as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Arthur Denton

as Ticket Collector (Uncredited)

Leo Genn

as Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

Bryan Herbert

as Witness (Uncredited)

Michael Hordern

as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

Roddy Hughes

as Doctor (Uncredited)

James Knight

as Traffic Policeman (Uncredited)

Gordon McLeod

as Chief Inspector (Uncredited)

Charles Paton

as Chemist (Uncredited)

Jack Raine

as Detective Smith (Uncredited)

Edward Rigby

as Hospital Secretary (Uncredited)

Jerry Verno

as Charlie, Prisoner in Police Car (Uncredited)