Deadline - U.S.A. 1952
Deadline - U.S.A.
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
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Full Cast & Crew... Ed Hutcheson
... Margaret Garrison
... Nora Hutcheson
... Frank Allen
... George Burrows
... Harry Thompson
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See All 1 Reviews09 Sep 2022 by CinemaSerf
Humphrey Bogart ("Ed") is superb in this tale of a newspaper editor whose paper is being sold by it's owners. With all looking for their next job, he must try to galvanise his team into an investigation of local mafia kingpin "Rienzi" after one of their number is killed. Occasionally cluttered by a rather clumsy romance (his relationship with soon to be remarried ex-wife "Nora" (Kim Hunter)), this film really focusses on just how newspapers were run in post war USA: gritty, determined and authentic journalism competing with organised crime, personal and family interests (some benign, some less so), corruption and physical danger - all to deliver the daily news to the breakfast tables of millions of New Yorkers. Ethel Barrymore adds some class as the newspaper's proprietress who begins to doubt the wisdom of the sale as she is also drawn into the almost visceral nature of this investigation into a man who uses threats and lawyers to remain one step ahead of the authorities. It packs quite a punch for almost all of it's 90 minutes, and really does show off the star and the writing at their best.
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Release Date:
Mar 14, 1952 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 27`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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Deadline - U.S.A.
Humphrey Bogart ("Ed") is superb in this tale of a newspaper editor whose paper is being sold by it's owners. With all looking for their next job, he must try to galvanise his team into an investigation of local mafia kingpin "Rienzi" after one of their number is killed. Occasionally cluttered by a rather clumsy romance (his relationship with soon to be remarried ex-wife "Nora" (Kim Hunter)), this film really focusses on just how newspapers were run in post war USA: gritty, determined and authentic journalism competing with organised crime, personal and family interests (some benign, some less so), corruption and physical danger - all to deliver the daily news to the breakfast tables of millions of New Yorkers. Ethel Barrymore adds some class as the newspaper's proprietress who begins to doubt the wisdom of the sale as she is also drawn into the almost visceral nature of this investigation into a man who uses threats and lawyers to remain one step ahead of the authorities. It packs quite a punch for almost all of it's 90 minutes, and really does show off the star and the writing at their best.
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Deadline - U.S.A.
Directors & Credit Writers
Cast
... Ed Hutcheson
... Margaret Garrison
... Nora Hutcheson
... Frank Allen
... George Burrows
... Harry Thompson
... Tomas Rienzi
... Herman Schmidt
... Katherine Garrison Geary
... Mrs. Willebrandt
... Alice Garrison Courtney
... Jim Cleary
... Headwaiter (uncredited)
... Man Asking for Ed Hutcheson (uncredited)
... Henry (uncredited)
... City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)
... Larry Hansen (uncredited)
... Hal (uncredited)
... Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
... Rienzi's Associate (uncredited)
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