Facing El Chapo
2026 · Crime · Action
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Film / 1940
Girl in the News
Directed by
Carol Reed
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 arise.
The story
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 arise.
Cast
Margaret LockwoodAnne Graham
Barry K. BarnesStephen Farringdon
Emlyn WilliamsTracy
Roger LiveseyBill Maher
Basil RadfordDoctor Threadgrove
Margaretta ScottJudith Bentley
Wyndham GoldieEdward Bentley
Irene HandlGertrude Mary Blaker
Mervyn JohnsJames Fetherwood
Betty JardineElsie
Kathleen HarrisonCook
Felix AylmerProsecuting Counsel
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Roland CulverPolice Inspector (Uncredited)
Mark DalyTaxi Driver (Uncredited)
Arthur DentonTicket Collector (Uncredited)
Leo GennProsecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
Bryan HerbertWitness (Uncredited)
Michael HordernAssistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
Roddy HughesDoctor (Uncredited)
James KnightTraffic Policeman (Uncredited)
Gordon McLeodChief Inspector (Uncredited)
Charles PatonChemist (Uncredited)
Jack RaineDetective Smith (Uncredited)
Edward RigbyHospital Secretary (Uncredited)
Jerry VernoCharlie, Prisoner in Police Car (Uncredited)
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