Headline (film)

1944 British film

Headline

Directed by| John Harlow
Written by|

* Kenneth Attiwill (novel)
* Ralph Gilbert Bettison
* Maisie Sharman

Produced by|

* John Corfield
* Joseph Janni

Starring|

* David Farrar
* Anne Crawford
* William Hartnell

Cinematography| Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited by| Francis Cockburn
Music by| Percival Mackey

Production
company

John Corfield Productions

Distributed by| Associated British Film Distributors

Release date

* 24 January 1944 (1944-01-24)

Running time

| 75 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

Headline is a 1944 British thriller film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar, Anne Crawford, William Hartnell and John Stuart.[1] It was based on the 1933 novel Reporter! by Ken Attiwill.[2] 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

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* David Farrar as 'Brookie ' Brooks
* Anne Crawford as Anne
* John Stuart as L.B. Ellington
* Antoinette Cellier as Mrs. Margaret Ellington
* William Hartnell as Dell
* Anthony Hawtrey as Paul Grayson
* Richard Goolden as Arthur Jones
* Lorna Tarbat as Betty
* Merle Tottenham as Mrs. Deans
* Joss Ambler as Chief Sub-Editor
* Nancy O'Neil as Molly Dean
* Ian McLean as Inspector Dodds
* Elsie Wagstaff as Mrs. Daly
* Edgar Driver as Photographer

## References

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1. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | HEADLINE (1943)". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
2. ^ Goble p.18

## Bibliography

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* Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

## External links

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* Headline at IMDb

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Films directed by John Harlow

* My Lucky Star (1933)
* Master and Man (1934)
* Spellbound (1941)
* This Was Paris (1942)
* The Dark Tower (1943)
* Candles at Nine (1944)
* Headline (1944)
* The Agitator (1945)
* Meet Sexton Blake! (1945)
* The Echo Murders (1945)
* Appointment with Crime (1946)
* Green Fingers (1947)
* While I Live (1947)
* Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949)
* Old Mother Riley Headmistress (1950)
* Those People Next Door (1953)
* The Blue Parrot (1953)
* Dangerous Cargo (1954)
* Delayed Action (1954)

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