This Man Is News (1938)
- Directed by
- David MacDonald
- Genre
- crime film, mystery film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A newspaper reporter is suspected of a crime. He has to solve the mystery himself to clear his name.
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What happens
This Man is News is a 1938 British comedy mystery film directed by David MacDonald and starring Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson, Alastair Sim and Edward Lexy. The screenplay concerns a journalist who solves a crime of which he himself is suspected . A "quota quickie", it was made for a mere £6,000, but "was among the highest grossing films of 1938". (A contemporary account said it was made for under £15,000.) It was loosely modelled on the American Thin Man series of films. A sequel, This Man in Paris, was made in 1939. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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