Girl in the News (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 arise.
Director:
Carol Reed
Writer:
Sidney Gilliat
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Margaret Lockwood as Anne Graham |
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Barry K. Barnes as Stephen Farringdon |
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Emlyn Williams as Tracy |
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Roger Livesey as Bill Maher |
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Basil Radford as Doctor Threadgrove |
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Margaretta Scott as Judith Bentley |
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Wyndham Goldie as Edward Bentley |
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Irene Handl as Gertrude Mary Blaker |
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Mervyn Johns as James Fetherwood |
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Betty Jardine as Elsie |
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Kathleen Harrison as Cook |
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Felix Aylmer as Prosecuting Counsel |
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Roland Culver as Police Inspector (Uncredited) |
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Mark Daly as Taxi Driver (Uncredited) |
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Arthur Denton as Ticket Collector (Uncredited) |
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Leo Genn as Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited) |
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Bryan Herbert as Witness (Uncredited) |
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Michael Hordern as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited) |
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Roddy Hughes as Doctor (Uncredited) |
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James Knight as Traffic Policeman (Uncredited) |
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Gordon McLeod as Chief Inspector (Uncredited) |
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Charles Paton as Chemist (Uncredited) |
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Jack Raine as Detective Smith (Uncredited) |
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Edward Rigby as Hospital Secretary (Uncredited) |
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Jerry Verno as Charlie, Prisoner in Police Car (Uncredited) |
| Directing | Carol Reed | Director |
| Writing | Sidney Gilliat | Screenplay |
| Writing | Roy Vickers | Novel |
| Production | Edward Black | Producer |
| Camera | Otto Kanturek | Director of Photography |
| Editing | R. E. Dearing | Editor |
| Art | Alex Vetchinsky | Art Direction |
| Sound | Sydney Wiles | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Louis Levy | Music Director |
| Production | Maurice Ostrer | Production Manager |
| Sound | Louis Levy | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Charles Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | B. C. Sewell | Sound Supervisor |
| Editing | Michael Gordon | Editorial Services |