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Behind the News

SEARING DRAMA!

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Behind the News — Plot

As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).

  • Release date
  • December 20, 1940
  • Runtime
  • 75 min
  • Genres
  • Drama, Crime
  • Director
  • Joseph Santley

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Behind the News — Cast

Lloyd Nolan photo Lloyd Nolan Stuart Woodrow Frank Albertson photo Frank Albertson Jeff Flavin Doris Davenport photo Doris Davenport Barbara Shaw Robert Armstrong photo Robert Armstrong Vic Archer Charles Halton photo Charles Halton Neil Saunders Paul Harvey photo Paul Harvey D. A. Hardin S. Kelly Harry Tyler photo Harry Tyler Monroe Dick Elliott photo Dick Elliott Foster

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