Bannerline

Oct 12, 1951

1h 27m

★ 6.0

The front page that blasted a town apart!

Overview

A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Mike Perrivale

Keefe Brasselle

Richie Loomis

Sally Forrest

Hugo Trimble

Lionel Barrymore

Mrs. Loomis

Spring Byington

Josh

Lewis Stone

Frankie Scarbine

J. Carrol Naish

Margaret Trimble

Elisabeth Risdon

Stambaugh

Larry Keating

Roy

Warner Anderson

Floyd

Michael Ansara

Eloise

Mari Blanchard

Mayor Ducat

Harry Cheshire

Crime - When reporter Nicki Barrington investigates a man on death row for the murder of a young woman, she discovers the evidence was circumstantial and has his conviction overturned. After she falls in love with him, she is nagged by doubts of his innocence. - Isabella Hofmann, James Wilder, Erin Gray

6.0

Women Are Trouble

Jul 31, 1936

A young reporter tries to prove her mettle by exposing a liquor racketeering gang.

7.4

The Life of David Gale

Feb 21, 2003

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

7.3

Frost/Nixon

Oct 15, 2008

For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.

5.5

The Zodiac

Jul 31, 2005

An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.

6.2

Never Been Kissed

Apr 9, 1999

Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.

6.3

Hero

Oct 2, 1992

Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.

5.4

Incendiary

Jan 20, 2008

A woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.

6.7

Memoirs of a Murderer

Jun 10, 2017

The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how he would strangle the victim from behind with a rope but he would let the witnesses go and speak to the media on how the murders happened. Ito plays the role of Makimura, the police detective who was in charge of investigating the serial murders but failed to catch the cunning murderer and his respected superior ended up being killed as well. 22 years later in 2017 when the case is nearing its statute of limitations, a man named Sonezaki claims to be the culprit for the 1995 murders and even publishes a book titled "Watashi ga satsujinhan desu" to talk about the cases. Despite the disgust towards Sonezaki's actions, the intensive attention showered on him via the media and SNS makes him become the talk of town.

4.0

Final Assignment

Oct 1, 1980

An intrepid television journalist sent to cover the Canadian prime minister's visit to the Soviet Union has trouble sticking to her assignment when she unearths a horrific experimental drug trial involving children. Determined to prepare a video that will show the world exactly what's been going on, she dodges the long arm of the KGB and falls into bed with a Communist bureaucrat.

6.4

Whirlpool

Apr 10, 1934

An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.

6.2

The Mothman Prophecies

Jan 25, 2002

Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.

7.0

Salvador

Apr 23, 1986

In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.

6.6

Tout Va Bien

Apr 28, 1972

A strike at a French sausage factory contributes to the estrangement of a married filmmaker and his reporter wife.

7.5

The Insider

Oct 28, 1999

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.