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News Is Made at Night is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by John Larkin. The film stars Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Russell Gleason, George Barbier, Eddie Collins and Minor Watson. The film was released on July 21, 1939, by 20th Century Fox.
News Is Made at Night: Directed by Alfred L. Werker. With Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Russell Gleason, George Barbier. Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.
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- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Alfred L. Werker
- 1939-07-21
Although Albert Hockman, son of the publisher of The Guardian News , mocks up the headline "Randall Attempts Daring Escape," managing editor Steve Drum knows that this was a murder attempt, probably the work of mobster Barney Baseley. Then Maxine Thomas arrives, looking for work, but is quickly told that Steve doesn't hire female reporters.
- Alfred Werker, Saul Wurtzel
- Preston Foster
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NEWS IS MADE AT NIGHT. Directed by. Alfred L. Werker. United States, 1939. Action, Adventure. 70. Synopsis. Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders. Synopsis.
"News is Made at Night" stars Preston Foster and Lynn Bari. Foster plays Steve Drum, who is fighting for a stay of execution for a convicted murderer. And he does just about anything to get that stay, including faking an affidavit from someone admitting to the murder, and getting an actor to stage a deathbed confession.
Directed by Alfred L. Werker. THE MAN WHO LIVED A FANTASTIC HOAX AND VICTIMIZED A NATION! Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
