Girl in the News (1940)

Name: Girl in the News
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 1940-08-28
Duration: 78 min
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Barry K. Barnes, Emlyn Williams, Roger Livesey, Basil Radford

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.

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Released 1940-08-28 · 78 min · Crime, Thriller

Directed by Carol Reed

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
Kathleen Harrison as Cook
Felix Aylmer as Prosecuting Counsel
Roland Culver as Police Inspector (Uncredited)
Mark Daly as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Arthur Denton as Ticket Collector (Uncredited)