Deadline - U.S.A.

3/14/19521h 27m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ 20th Century-Fox savagely turns the spotlight of truth on revenge killings that shocked a nation ! ~

Overview:

With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.

Director:

Richard Brooks

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

new york city
newspaper
gangster
journalism
press
film noir
newspaper editor
editor

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

~ as ~

Ed Hutcheson

Ethel Barrymore

~ as ~

Margaret Garrison

Kim Hunter

~ as ~

Nora Hutcheson

Ed Begley

~ as ~

Frank Allen

Warren Stevens

~ as ~

George Burrows

Paul Stewart

~ as ~

Harry Thompson

Martin Gabel

~ as ~

Tomas Rienzi

Joe De Santis

~ as ~

Herman Schmidt

Joyce Mackenzie

~ as ~

Katherine Garrison Geary

Audrey Christie

~ as ~

Mrs. Willebrandt

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
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 film really focusses on just how newspapers were run in post war USA: gritty, determined and authentic journalism competing with organised crime, personal and family interests (some benign, some less so), corruption and physical danger - all to deliver the daily news to the breakfast tables of millions of New Yorkers. Ethel Barrymore adds some class as the newspaper's proprietress who begins to doubt the wisdom of the sale as she is also drawn into the almost visceral nature of this investigation into a man who uses threats and lawyers to remain one step ahead of the authorities. It packs quite a punch for almost all of it's 90 minutes, and really does show off the star and the writing at their best.