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Headline (1944)

Headline poster
Directed by
John Harlow
Genre
thriller film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crime reporter looks for a woman who saw a murder. He follows clues through the city to find her before the killer does.

tensesuspensefulnoir-ishmysteriousfast-pacedatmosphericsomberinvestigative

What happens

Headline is a 1944 British thriller film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar, Anne Crawford, William Hartnell and John Stuart. It was written by Ralph Gilbert Bettison and Maisie Sharman based on the 1933 novel Reporter! by Ken Attiwill. Its plot involves a crime reporter who searches for a mystery woman who has witnessed a murder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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