This Man Is News (1939)
Directed by David MacDonald
Genres - Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Comedy Thriller |
Run Time - 63 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
This Man is News is a British imitation of Hollywood's Thin Man pictures. The "Nick and Nora" herein are Barry K. Barnes as an investigative reporter and Valerie Hobson as his helpful wife (?) After writing a series of articles about an elusive gang of jewel thieves, Barnes is framed for robbery. He goes after the crooks himself, despite the "cease and desist" warnings of Scotland Yard and his own editor. This Man is News did well enough to warrant a sequel, but This Man in Paris did poorly enough to bring this would-be series to an abrupt end.
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accusation, anchorperson, assignment, Britain, crime-solving, criminal, death, editor, false-accusation, frame-up, help, investigation, investigator, jewel-robbery, journalism, neglect, opal, reporter, robbery, solution, underworld, wife
