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Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet

2DCS12
Director:Phil Karlson
Cast:John Derek, Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, Rosemary DeCamp
Length:82 minutes
Genre:Drama

Director: Phil Karlson  •  Cast: John Derek, Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, Rosemary DeCamp, Henry O'Neill

The Dark Page (1944), a successful adaptation of the novel by the former journalist and later successful director Samuel Fuller, begins in a fairly traditional way: a murder has just taken place in New York and a young detective, notebook in hand, is questioning an eyewitness. But then it turns out that the young man (John Derek) is actually a journalist from the local tabloid, which suddenly turns the whole perspective of the film around, and the detective crime drama suddenly becomes a journalistic drama in the style of The Big Clock or Ace Up Your Sleeve. As an ambitious reporter, Steve McCleary (John Derek) goes about his solo career ruthlessly to ingratiate himself with the new editor-in-chief of the New York Express, Mark Chapman (Broderick Crawford), against whose controversial direction the paper is now riding a wave of discontent from conservative readers. One of Phil Karlson's best noirs builds on a hauntingly oppressive atmosphere.

Length: 82 min

Year: 1952

Country of origin:

  • United states of America

Director: Phil Karlson  •  Cast: John Derek, Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, Rosemary DeCamp, Henry O'Neill

The Dark Page (1944), a successful adaptation of the novel by the former journalist and later successful director Samuel Fuller, begins in a fairly traditional way: a murder has just taken place in New York and a young detective, notebook in hand, is questioning an eyewitness. But then it turns out that the young man (John Derek) is actually a journalist from the local tabloid, which suddenly turns the whole perspective of the film around, and the detective crime drama suddenly becomes a journalistic drama in the style of The Big Clock or Ace Up Your Sleeve. As an ambitious reporter, Steve McCleary (John Derek) goes about his solo career ruthlessly to ingratiate himself with the new editor-in-chief of the New York Express, Mark Chapman (Broderick Crawford), against whose controversial direction the paper is now riding a wave of discontent from conservative readers. One of Phil Karlson's best noirs builds on a hauntingly oppressive atmosphere.

Year: 1952

Country of origin:

  • United states of America