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Scandal Sheet is a american film of genre Drama directed by Phil Karlson released in USA on 16 january 1952 with Broderick Crawford
Scandal Sheet (1952)
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Add to a movie listScandal Sheet is a 1952 black-and-white film noir directed by Phil Karlson. The film is based on the novel The Dark Page by Samuel Fuller, who himself was a newspaper reporter before his career in film. The drama features Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed and John Derek.
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A newspaper man, Mark Chapman (Broderick Crawford), takes over an ailing New York daily newspaper, the fictional New York Express, and revives it as a scandal sheet by staging a number of publicity stunts. The man's wife, whom he left penniless years ago, resurfaces and threatens to blackmail him. He kills her, accidentally, but then tries to cover it up.Actors
Broderick Crawford
(Mark Chapman)
Donna Reed
(Julie Allison)
John Derek
(Steve McCleary)
Rosemary DeCamp
(Charlotte Grant)
Henry O'Neill
(Charlie Barnes)
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