This Man Is News (1939)
This Man is News is a British imitation of Hollywood's Thin Man pictures. The "Nick and Nora" herein are Barry K. Barnes as an investigative reporter and Valerie Hobson as his helpful wife (?) After writing a series of articles about an elusive gang of jewel thieves, Barnes is framed for robbery. He goes after the crooks himself, despite the "cease and desist" warnings of Scotland Yard and his own editor. This Man is News did well enough to warrant a sequel, but This Man in Paris did poorly enough to bring this would-be series to an abrupt end. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Barry Barnes, Valerie Hobson, (more)
- Director(s):
- David MacDonald
Synopsis of This Man Is News
This Man is News is a British imitation of Hollywood's Thin Man pictures. The "Nick and Nora" herein are Barry K. Barnes as an investigative reporter and Valerie Hobson as his helpful wife (?) After writing a series of articles about an elusive gang of jewel thieves, Barnes is framed for robbery. He goes after the crooks himself, despite the "cease and desist" warnings of Scotland Yard and his own editor. This Man is News did well enough to warrant a sequel, but This Man in Paris did poorly enough to bring this would-be series to an abrupt end. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of This Man Is News
- Barry Barnes - Simon Drake
- Alastair Sim - Macgregor
- Philip Leaver - "Harelip" Murphy
- Tom Gill - Brown
- Garry Marsh - Sgt. Bright
- Jack Vyvyan - Fireman
- Billy Watts
- Valerie Hobson - Pat Drake
- John Warwick - Johnnie Clayton
- David Keir - Brown
- Edward Lexy - Inspector Hollis
- Kenneth Buckley - Ken Marquis
- John Abbott
- Director(s):
- David MacDonald
- Writer(s):
- Roger MacDougall, Allan MacKinnon, Basil Dearden
- Producer(s):
- Anthony Havelock-Allan
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