Break the News
1938 · Movie · 78 min. · United Kingdom
Two small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye--one of them will "disappear" in what looks like a murder, and the other will be convicted of the crime. Then the "dead man" will suddenly show up at his partner's murder trial. Unfortunately, things don't quite go as planned. For one thing, no one seems to much care that the "dead man" is missing, and for another thing he's mistaken for the leader of a Balkan revolutionary group and is kidnapped by the other side.
Direction René Clair
Cast Jack Buchanan · Maurice Chevalier · June Knight · Marta Labarr · Gertrude Musgrove
Soundtrack Theo Mackeben
Screenplay René Clair · Geoffrey Kerr · Paul Gury
Cinematography Philip Tannura
Original title Break the News
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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