Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)

Director:

Richard Brooks

Writer:

Richard Brooks (writer)

Release Date:

14 March 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.

Plot Keywords:

Crusading Newspaper | Greed | Organized Crime | Diary | Newspaper Reporter

Cast

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	...	Thomas Rienzi
Joe De Santis	...	Herman Schmidt
Joyce Mackenzie	...	Katherine Garrison Geary
Audrey Christie	...	Mrs. Willebrandt
Fay Baker	...	Alice Garrison Courtney
Jim Backus	...	Jim Cleary

Also Known As:

Deadline (UK)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

New York Daily News Building - 42nd Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

In order to get the feel of what it would be like to work for real newspaper, Bogart hung out at the city room of the New York Daily News.

Quotes:

[Hutcheson looks at a picture of ex-wife Nora's boyfriend]
Ed Hutcheson: I don't like him. I'll think of a reason later.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Bacall on Bogart (1988) (TV)

Mandatory watching for all journalists

In Pete Hamill's ``News is a Verb,'' he recommends that all journalists watch this at least once a year. After you've seen it, you'll agree. Great story, great acting and, more importantly, forces you to remember why you became a journalist in the first place - to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.