Get the MovieNight app
Add it to your home screen — faster & full screen
Get the MovieNight app
Add it to your home screen — faster & full screen
20th Century Fox
Not part of a collection.
20th Century-Fox savagely turns the spotlight of truth on revenge killings that shocked a nation !
New York City newspaper The Day is in trouble. Even though editor Ed Hutcheson has worked hard running the paper, its circulation has been steadily declining. Now the publisher's widow wants to sell the paper, which will most likely mean its end. Hutcheson's only hope is to finish his exposé on a dangerous gangster before the sale is finalized.
CinemaSerf
Sep 9, 2022 · via TMDB
Humphrey Bogart ("Ed") is superb in this tale of a newspaper editor whose paper is being sold by it's owners. With all looking for their next job, he must try to galvanise his team into an investigation of local mafia kingpin "Rienzi" after one of their number is killed. Occasionally cluttered by a rather clumsy romance (his relationship with soon to be remarried ex-wife "Nora" (Kim Hunter)), this film really focusses on just how newspapers were run in post war USA: gritty, determined and authentic journalism competing with organised crime, personal and family interests (some benign, some less so), corruption and physical danger - all to deliver the daily news to the breakfast tables of millions of New Yorkers. Ethel Barrymore adds some class as the newspaper's proprietress who begins to doubt the wisdom of the sale as she is also drawn into the almost visceral nature of this investigation into a man who uses threats and lawyers to remain one step ahead of the authorities. It packs quite a punch for almost all of it's 90 minutes, and really does show off the star and the writing at their best.
User reviews courtesy of TMDB.
Artiflix
Humphrey Bogart
Ed Hutcheson
Ethel Barrymore
Margaret Garrison
Kim Hunter
Nora Hutcheson
Ed Begley
Frank Allen
Warren Stevens
George Burrows
Paul Stewart
Harry Thompson
Martin Gabel
Tomas Rienzi
Joe De Santis
Herman Schmidt
Joyce Mackenzie
Katherine Garrison Geary
Audrey Christie
Mrs. Willebrandt
Fay Baker
Alice Garrison Courtney
Jim Backus
Jim Cleary
Parley Baer
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin
Man Asking for Ed Hutcheson (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
Henry (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
The Standard City Editor (uncredited)
Lawrence Dobkin
Larry Hansen (uncredited)
John Doucette
Hal (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Raymond Greenleaf
Lawrence White (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
Reporter (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
Fenway (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
Senator (uncredited)
Kasia Orzazewski
Mrs. Schmidt (uncredited)
Fay Roope
Judge (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
Whitey Franks (uncredited)
Phillip Terry
Lewis Schaefer (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Senator (uncredited)
James Dean
Press Boy (uncredited)
William Forrest
Mr. Greene (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
Rienzi Associate (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Dr. Emanuel (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
Day Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Bill (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Williams (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Rienzi's Associate (uncredited)
Ann McCrea
Sally Gardner (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Lugerman (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Newspaperman (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Richard Neill
Newspaperman (uncredited)
Emerson Treacy
City Editor (uncredited)
Jesse White
Rienzi Associate (uncredited)
Mack Williams
Rienzi Associate (uncredited)
Barton Yarborough
Male Secretary (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Crane (uncredited)
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Richard Brooks
Director
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
Richard Brooks
Writer
El sabor de Natasha
The strange case of detective Jones
Pulp Fiction
City of God
Double Indemnity
M
Puppets of Fate
Disorder
News at Eleven
A Debt To Die For
Tomorrow Ever After
Heat
Dog Day Afternoon
Rosemary's Baby
Do the Right Thing
Annie Hall
The Maltese Falcon
The Hustler
All the President's Men
Boyz n the Hood
Sweet Smell of Success
The Big Sleep
Elevator to the Gallows
Sleepers
Blood Diamond
Donnie Brasco
Serpico
The French Connection
American Psycho
Scarface
Jacob's Ladder
25th Hour
Kavan
Deconstructing Harry
The Wedding Banquet
Strange Alibi
C(r)ook
The Lineup
Fort Apache Napoli
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
The Post
Angry Pursuit
As Tears Go By
Dancing in the Ring
The Docks of New York
Kids
Gomorrah
Two Lovers
It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks
Road to the Big House
Sleepless in Seattle
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
The Daytrippers
The Garment Jungle
Gangster No. 1
Teheran '43
La banda de los tres crisantemos
Changing Lanes
Shortbus
The Jazz Singer
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
Topaz
Prime
The Ice Harvest
Redhead
The Price of Fear
15 Minutes
Short Cut to Hell
Party Monster
Maggie's Plan
Sliver
Undercover Girl
Abhimanyu
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
I Spit on Your Grave
Young and Healthy as a Rose
Shed No Tears
I Demand Payment
Goldilocks and the Glorious Losers
Circus
Shoot to Kill
When Will I Be Loved
D Company
Daughter
Iris
Bad Bridgets
Hal
Salvation
Ace in the Hole
The Batman
White Heat
Scarlet Street
Richard Jewell
Victim
Glengarry Glen Ross
Brute Force
The Public Enemy
The Naked City
The Mask of Dimitrios
Riot in Cell Block 11
The Enforcer
The Outfit
Dinner Rush
The Big Combo
Shattered Glass
House of Strangers
Nightfall
While the City Sleeps
Little Caesar
Odds Against Tomorrow
Woman on the Run
The Outfit
Cry of the City
The Glass Key
Let Him Have It
Hollow Triumph
The Blue Gardenia
Genius
The Verdict
Illegal
Killer's Kiss
Changing Lanes
Hereafter
Palmetto
Winged Creatures
Mar 14, 1952
New York City, New York
Apr 25, 1952
Los Angeles, California
May 23, 1952
© 2025-2026 MovieNight. All rights reserved.
Versus
Sign in to play →
Wasting, sinking, dazzling, floating
2024
That Model from Paris
1926
Sign in to vote
Battle your watched movies head-to-head
Community Top Movies
Evil Dead II
1987 · 14 wins
The Dark Knight
2008 · 14 wins
Halloween
1978 · 13 wins
Final Destination
2000 · 12 wins
Halloween II
1981 · 11 wins
Trivia
Leaderboard →Playing as a guest — sign in to save your score and rank on the leaderboard.
Movie Trivia
Guess the movie from a clue — tagline, plot, cast and more. Pick from four posters.
What movie experience do you prefer?
What is your favorite movie genre?
Versus
Sign in to play →
Wasting, sinking, dazzling, floating
2024
That Model from Paris
1926
Sign in to vote
Battle your watched movies head-to-head
Community Top Movies
Evil Dead II
1987 · 14 wins
The Dark Knight
2008 · 14 wins
Halloween
1978 · 13 wins
Final Destination
2000 · 12 wins
Halloween II
1981 · 11 wins
Trivia
Leaderboard →Playing as a guest — sign in to save your score and rank on the leaderboard.
Movie Trivia
Guess the movie from a clue — tagline, plot, cast and more. Pick from four posters.
What movie experience do you prefer?
What is your favorite movie genre?
We use essential cookies to run MovieNight, plus analytics (Google Analytics) and advertising (Google AdSense) cookies. By continuing to browse, you agree to this — or click No and we won't. See our Terms & Privacy Policy to learn more.