Headline (film)

Headline
Directed by	John Harlow
Written by	Kenneth Attiwill (novel) Ralph Gilbert Bettison Maisie Sharman
Produced by	John Corfield Joseph Janni
Starring	David Farrar Anne Crawford William Hartnell
Cinematography	Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited by	Francis Cockburn
Music by	Percival Mackey
Production company	John Corfield Productions
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	24 January 1944 (1944-01-24)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Headline is a 1944 British thriller film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar, Anne Crawford, William Hartnell and John Stuart.[1] It was based on the 1933 novel Reporter! by Ken Attiwill.[2] Its plot involves a crime reporter who searches for a mystery woman who has witnessed a murder. It was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art director James Carter.

Cast

• David Farrar as 'Brookie ' Brooks
• Anne Crawford as Anne
• John Stuart as L.B. Ellington
• Antoinette Cellier as Mrs. Margaret Ellington
• William Hartnell as Dell
• Anthony Hawtrey as Paul Grayson
• Richard Goolden as Arthur Jones
• Lorna Tarbat as Betty
• Merle Tottenham as Mrs. Deans
• Joss Ambler as Chief Sub-Editor
• Nancy O'Neil as Molly Dean
• Ian McLean as Inspector Dodds
• Elsie Wagstaff as Mrs. Daly
• Edgar Driver as Photographer

References

1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | HEADLINE (1943)". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
2. Goble p.18

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Headline at IMDb