Deadline - U.S.A.

Theater date: 1952-05-23

Blu-ray release date: N/A

Rated: N/A

6.91 (IMDB)

Genre: CrimeDrama

Language: en

Status: Released

Length: 1h 27min

Languages:

English
Español

Description:

New York City newspaper The Day is in trouble. Even though editor Ed Hutcheson has worked hard running the paper, its circulation has been steadily declining. Now the publisher's widow wants to sell the paper, which will most likely mean its end. Hutcheson's only hope is to finish his exposé on a dangerous gangster before the sale is finalized.

Top Cast >

Humphrey Bogart

As Ed Hutcheson

Ethel Barrymore

As Margaret Garrison

Kim Hunter

As Nora Hutcheson

Ed Begley

As Frank Allen

Warren Stevens

As George Burrows

Paul Stewart

As Harry Thompson

Martin Gabel

As Tomas Rienzi

Joe De Santis

As Herman Schmidt

Joyce Mackenzie

As Katherine Garrison Geary

Audrey Christie

As Mrs. Willebrandt

Fay Baker

As Alice Garrison Courtney

Jim Backus

As Jim Cleary

Parley Baer

As Headwaiter (uncredited)

Bill Baldwin

As Man Asking for Ed Hutcheson (uncredited)

Willis Bouchey

As Henry (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

As City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)

Lawrence Dobkin

As Larry Hansen (uncredited)

John Doucette

As Hal (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

As Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Raymond Greenleaf

As Lawrence White (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer

As Reporter (uncredited)

Thomas Browne Henry

As Fenway (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

As Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Maxey

As Senator (uncredited)

Kasia Orzazewski

As Mrs. Schmidt (uncredited)

Fay Roope

As Judge (uncredited)

Joe Sawyer

As Whitey Franks (uncredited)

Phillip Terry

As Lewis Schaefer (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

As Senator (uncredited)

Marjorie Holliday

James Dean

As Press Boy (uncredited)

Lovyss Bradley

As Woman (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

As Newspaperman (uncredited)

Dick Cherney

As Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

William Forrest

As Mr. Greene (uncredited)

Robert Foulk

As Rienzi Associate (uncredited)

Everett Glass

As Doctor Emanuel (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer

As Day Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Harvey

As Bill (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

As Williams (uncredited)

Nolan Leary

As Court Clerk (uncredited)

Rory Mallinson

As Rienzi's Associate (uncredited)

Ann McCrea

As Sally Gardner (uncredited)

Joseph Mell

As Lugerman (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

As Newspaperman (uncredited)

Howard Negley

As Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Richard Neill

As Newspaperman (uncredited)

Emerson Treacy

As City Editor (uncredited)

Jesse White

As Rienzi Associate (uncredited)

Mack Williams

As Rienzi Associate (uncredited)

Barton Yarborough

As Male Secretary (uncredited)

Carleton Young

As Crane (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Richard Brooks

Director, Writer

Cyril J. Mockridge

Original Music Composer

William B. Murphy

Editor

Sol C. Siegel

Producer

Milton Krasner

Director of Photography

Sol Kaplan

Original Music Composer

Edward B. Powell

Orchestrator

Bernard Mayers

Orchestrator

Joe Connors

Stand In

Lionel Newman

Music Director

Kay Thackery

Script Supervisor

Ray Kellogg

Visual Effects

Lyle R. Wheeler

Art Direction

Buddy Longworth

Still Photographer

George Patrick

Art Direction

Richard Maybery

Assistant Director

Harry M. Leonard

Sound

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Charles LeMaire

Wardrobe Supervisor

E. Clayton Ward

Sound

Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

Walter M. Scott

Set Decoration

Elois Jenssen

Costume Designer

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

Humphrey Bogart ("Ed") is superb in this tale of a newspaper editor whose paper is being sold by it's owners. With all looking for their next job, he must try to galvanise his team into an investigation of local mafia kingpin "Rienzi" after one of their number is killed. Occasionally cluttered by a rather clumsy romance (his relationship with soon to be remarried ex-wife "Nora" (Kim Hunter)), this film really focusses on just how newspapers were run in post war USA: gritty, determined and authentic journalism competing with organised crime, personal and family interests (some benign, some less so), corruption and physical danger - all to deliver the daily news to the breakfast tables of millions of New Yorkers. Ethel Barrymore adds some class as the newspaper's proprietress who begins to doubt the wisdom of the sale as she is also drawn into the almost visceral nature of this investigation into a man who uses threats and lawyers to remain one step ahead of the authorities. It packs quite a punch for almost all of it's 90 minutes, and really does show off the star and the writing at their best.

2022-09-09