News Is Made at Night

News Is Made at Night

75 mins | Comedy, Action | July 20, 1939

Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.

News Is Made at Night

75 mins | Comedy, Action | July 20, 1939

News Is Made at Night
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title News Is Made at Night
Directors Alfred L. Werker
Writers John Francis Larkin

Cast

Preston Foster

as Steve Drum

Lynn Bari

as Maxine Thomas

Russell Gleason

as Albert Hockman

George Barbier

as Clanahan

Eddie Collins

as Billiard

Minor Watson

as Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey

Charles Halton

as Lt. Governor Elmer Hinge

Paul Harvey

as Inspector Melrose

Richard Lane

as Barney Basely

Charles Lane

as District Attorney Rufe Reynolds

Betty Compson

as Kitty Truman

Paul Fix

as Joe Luddy

Paul Guilfoyle

as Bat Randall

Ernie Alexander

as Drunk

Irving Bacon

as Mike, Fingerprint Man

Eugene Borden

as Headwaiter

Wade Boteler

as Warden

Harold Goodwin

as Simms

George Guhl

as Turnkey

William Irving

as Drunk

Robert Emmett Keane

as Fred Barrett

Alberto Morin

as Waiter

James C. Morton

as Bartender

David Newell

as Starter

Jack Norton

as Drunk

George O'Hara

as Usher

Imboden Parrish

as Reporter

Arthur Rankin

as Secretary

Jack Richardson

as Golfer

Harry Strang

as Guard

Billy Wayne

as Technician