Headline (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Headline
| image = Headline (film).jpg
| caption =
| director = John Harlow
| producer = {{ubl|John Corfield|Joseph Janni}}
| writer = {{ubl|Kenneth Attiwill (novel)|Ralph Gilbert Bettison|Maisie Sharman}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|David Farrar|Anne Crawford|William Hartnell}}
| music = Percival Mackey
| cinematography = Geoffrey Faithfull
| editing = Francis Cockburn
| studio = John Corfield Productions
| distributor = Associated British Film Distributors
| released = {{Film date|1944|01|24|df=yes}}
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Headline is a 1944 British thriller film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar, Anne Crawford, William Hartnell and John Stuart.{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35906 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | HEADLINE (1943) |access-date=25 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021101315/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35906 |archive-date=21 October 2012 |url-status=dead }} It was based on the 1933 novel Reporter! by Ken Attiwill.Goble p.18 Its plot involves a crime reporter who searches for a mystery woman who has witnessed a murder. It was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art director James Carter.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- David Farrar as 'Brookie ' Brooks
- Anne Crawford as Anne
- John Stuart as L B Ellington
- William Hartnell (credited as Billy Hartnell) as Dell
- Antoinette Cellier as Mrs Margaret Ellington
- Anthony Hawtrey as Paul Grayson
- Richard Goolden as Arthur Jones
- Merle Tottenham as Mrs Deans
- Lorna Tarbat as Betty
- Joss Ambler as Chief Sub-Editor
- Nancy O'Neil as Molly Dean
- Elsie Wagstaff as Mrs Daly
- Ian McLean as Inspector Dodds
- Edgar Driver (uncredited) as photographer
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References
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Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0035977}}
{{John Harlow}}
Category:British thriller films
Category:Films directed by John Harlow
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films about journalists
Category:Films shot at Riverside Studios
Category:Films based on Australian novels
Category:Films scored by Percival Mackey
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:English-language thriller films
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