Front Page Story

Front Page Story

British theatrical poster
Directed by Gordon Parry
Produced by Jay Lewis
Screenplay by Jack Howells
Jay Lewis
Based on Final Night 
by Robert Gaines
Starring Jack Hawkins
Elizabeth Allan
Eva Bartok
Derek Farr
Music by Jackie Brown
Cinematography Gilbert Taylor
Edited by Bill Lewthwaite
Distributed by British Lion Films
Release dates
1954
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Box office £132,269 (UK)[1]

Front Page Story is a 1954 black-and-white British drama film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Allan and Eva Bartok.[2]

Plot

Grant is a hard working Fleet Street newspaper editor who refuses to take a long planned holiday with his wife Susan. Instead, to her annoyance, he stays in his office to deal with a number of urgent stories. These include four children evicted from their home when their mother dies, a woman charged with euthanasia, and a drunken ex-reporter tracking down an atomic scientist. They all culminate in the story of a plane crash, in which Grant is shocked to find his wife listed as one of the passengers. He discovers Susan was leaving him and going away with one of his colleagues. But did she take the plane?

Cast

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote, "there's nothing wrong with the point of this picture. It just doesn't make it well";[3] TV Guide found it "a lucid look behind the headlines at the people who get out the news" ;[4] while the Radio Times found it "cosily dated, but an interesting sign of its times." [5]

References

  1. Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p501
  2. "Front Page Story". BFI.
  3. "Movie Review - Front Page Story - Screen: Noble Newsman; Hawkins Plays One in 'Front Page Story' - NYTimes.com". line feed character in |title= at position 15 (help)
  4. "Front Page Story". TV Guide.
  5. Tom Hutchinson. "Front Page Story". RadioTimes.

External links

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