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Girl in the News

Girl in the News

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 28, 1940

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Crime, Thriller

User Score

65%

Original Title

Girl in the News

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Director

Carol Reed

Description

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arouses.