Behind the News (1940)
1h 15m
Running Time
December 20, 1940Release Date
Behind the News (1940)
1h 15m
Running Time
December 20, 1940Release Date
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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).
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Cast & Crew.
Lloyd Nolan
Stuart Woodrow
Doris Davenport
Barbara Shaw
Frank Albertson
Jeff Flavin
Robert Armstrong
Vic Archer
Charles Halton
Neil Saunders
Joseph Santley
Director
Paul Harvey
D. A. Hardin S. Kelly
Isabel Dawn
Writer
Harry Tyler
Monroe
Dick Elliott
Foster
Boyce DeGaw
Writer
Archie Twitchell
Reporter
Allen Rivkin
Writer
Dore Schary
Writer
Eddie Fetherston
Toots - Reporter
Eddie Conrad
Enrico
Jack A. Marta
Cinematographer
Frank Puglia
Tomas Almedo
Inez Palange
Almedo's Landlady
Charles Stevens
Carlos Marquez
Eddy Chandler
Thug
Elliott Sullivan
Thug
Veda Ann Borg
Newspaper Receptionist
Carol Adams
Radio Station Mail Clerk
Milton Parsons
Eddie, tall morgue attendant
Harry C. Bradley
Justice of the Peace
James Bush
Archer's Assistant
John Butler
Skeptical Newspaper Editor
Ricardo Lord Cezon
Buddy
Byron Foulger
John - Alcoholic Father
Tom Hanlon
Radio Announcer
Frank Jaquet
Newspaper Editor Fielding
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Wiki.
Behind the News is a 1940 American drama film starring Lloyd Nolan and directed by Joseph Santley. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound (Charles L. Lootens). It is also known as A Flagpole Needs a Flag.