This Man Is News
1938•1h 17m•5.3•Released
MysteryComedy
A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.
Director
David MacDonald
Writer
Basil Dearden, Roger MacDougall, Allan MacKinnon
Languages
English
Studio
Pinebrook Studios
Cast
Barry K. Barnes
Simon Drake
Valerie Hobson
Pat Drake
Alastair Sim
MacGregor
John Warwick
Johnnie Clayton
Philip Leaver
'Harelip' Murphy
James Birrie
Doyle
David Keir
Brown
Tom Gill
Peter Brown
Edward Lexy
Inspector Hollis
Garry Marsh
Sergeant Bright
Kenneth Buckley
Ken Marquis
Jack Vyvyan
White, a Fireman
John Abbott
Hood with Foreign Accent
Production
Company
Pinebrook Studios
Producer
Anthony Havelock-Allan
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