Crime ·Thriller · United Kingdom · 1940 · 1h 18m

Girl in the News

Director

Cast

Margaret Lockwood as Anne Graham Barry K. Barnes as Stephen Farringdon Emlyn Williams as Tracy Roger Livesey as Bill Maher Basil Radford as Doctor Threadgrove Margaretta Scott as Judith Bentley

Crew

Otto Kanturek — Director of Photography R. E. Dearing — Editor Louis Levy — Original Music Composer Charles Williams — Original Music Composer Sidney Gilliat — Screenplay Roy Vickers — Novel

Synopsis

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arise.

Key Collaborators

Carol Reed Director Otto Kanturek Director of Photography R. E. Dearing Editor Louis Levy Original Music Composer Charles Williams Original Music Composer Sidney Gilliat Screenplay Roy Vickers Novel Edward Black Producer

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