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Girl in the News is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Carol Reed with Margaret Lockwood
Girl in the News (1940)
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Add to a movie listGirl in the News is a 1940 British thriller film directed by Carol Reed and starring Margaret Lockwood, Barry K. Barnes and Emlyn Williams.
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When her elderly patient is poisoned, innocent nurse Anne Graham is charged with murder, but is controversially acquitted by lawyer Stephen Farringdon. With the press and public opinion against her, Anne finds it difficult to get another job. It doesn't help that her own lawyer is suspicious. Changing her name she finds employment nursing wheelchair bound Edward Bentley. When Bentley is found dead, Scotland Yard detective Bill Mather arrests Anne, but lawyer Farringdon fights again to prove her innocence.Actors
Margaret Lockwood
(Anne Graham)
Barry K. Barnes
(Stephen Farringdon)
Emlyn Williams
(Tracy)
Roger Livesey
(Bill Maher)
Basil Radford
(Doctor Threadgrove)
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