Behind the News
1940 • Drama | Crime
Boyce DeGaw
Writer
Isabel Dawn
Writer
Joseph Santley
Director
Status
Released
Release date
December 20, 1940
Duration
75 Min
Language
en
Popularity
2.5758
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).
Cast
Lloyd Nolan
Frank Albertson
Doris Davenport
Robert Armstrong
Charles Halton
Paul Harvey
Harry Tyler
Dick Elliott
Archie Twitchell
Eddie Fetherston
Eddie Conrad
Frank Puglia
Inez Palange
Charles Stevens
Eddy Chandler
Elliott Sullivan
Veda Ann Borg
Carol Adams
Milton Parsons
Harry C. Bradley
James Bush
Byron Foulger
Wilbur Mack
Frank Moran
Fred Santley
Edwin Stanley
Herb Vigran
Emmett Vogan
Charles Smith
