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The Girl in the News Reviews

  • 1940
  • 1 hr 13 mins
  • Drama, Suspense
  • NR
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Acquitted of murder when her patient commits suicide, a nurse (Margaret Lockwood) becomes the scapegoat for an actual killer (Emlyn Williams). Stephen: Barry K. Barnes. Mather: Roger Livesey. Doctor: Basil Radford. Judith: Margaretta Scott. Bentley: Wyndham Goldie. Prosecuting Counsel: Felix Aylmer. Well directed by Carol Reed.

Scripted by Sidney Gilliat (THE LADY VANISHES) and directed by Carol Reed, this murder mystery is filled with twisting plot points and a few stabs at humor. Contributing to the moviedom adage, "the butler did it," this picture has butler Williams poisoning his employer and then putting the blame on Lockwood, a nurse who had previously been acquitted of a similar charge. The courtroom scene, which is nearly obligatory for British crime pictures, is played out with painstaking suspense, ultimately proving Williams' guilt. The movie was reissued in 1948.