Top billed cast

1. 

   Broderick Crawford

   Mark Chapman

2. 

   Donna Reed

   Julie Allison

3. 

   John Derek

   Steve McCleary

4. 

   Rosemary DeCamp

   Charlotte Grant

5. 

   Henry O'Neill

   Charlie Barnes

6. 

   Harry Morgan

   Biddle

7. 

   James Millican

   Lieutenant Davis

8. 

   Griff Barnett

   Elroy Hacker

9. 

   Jonathan Hale

   Frank Madison

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-09-09

Phil Carlson does a really good job keeping this thriller going. Not because it is particularly outstanding, but because we know who killed the wife of "New York Express" managing editor "Chapman" (Broderick Crawford), and I still found myself staying interested in the investigation from his best journalist "McCleary" (John Derek). Can he track down the culprit with precious little to go on? It's all the more fitting because the once serious newspaper both work for has become a bit of a scandal sheet - so digging up dirt and piecing together clues has become their meat and potatoes. Derek, and...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• newspaper
• lonely hearts ad
• film noir