News Is Made at Night (1939)

4.8/10 75 min Action Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Preston Foster

Steve Drum

Lynn Bari

Maxine Thomas

Russell Gleason

Albert Hockman

George Barbier

Clanahan

Eddie Collins

Billiard

Minor Watson

Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey

Charles Halton

Lt. Governor Elmer Hinge

Paul Harvey

Inspector Melrose

Richard Lane

Barney Basely

Charles Lane

District Attorney Rufe Reynolds

Betty Compson

Kitty Truman

Paul Fix

Joe Luddy

Paul Guilfoyle

Bat Randall

Irving Bacon

Mike, Fingerprint Man

Eugene Borden

Headwaiter

Wade Boteler

Warden

Harold Goodwin

Simms

George Guhl

Turnkey

J. Anthony Hughes

Guard

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