Headline Hunters

1955
Approved
1h 10m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

191

YOUR RATING

Julie Bishop, Rod Cameron, and Ben Cooper in Headline Hunters (1955)

Action Adventure Crime Drama Mystery Romance

City Editor Ned Powers assigns student reporter David Flynn to veteran newsman Hugh Woodruff, primarily to get on Woodruff's nerves. David has long admired Woodruff, but is saddened to see t... Read allCity Editor Ned Powers assigns student reporter David Flynn to veteran newsman Hugh Woodruff, primarily to get on Woodruff's nerves. David has long admired Woodruff, but is saddened to see the cynical and unprofessional state to which Woodruff has declined. Woodruff, for his part... Read allCity Editor Ned Powers assigns student reporter David Flynn to veteran newsman Hugh Woodruff, primarily to get on Woodruff's nerves. David has long admired Woodruff, but is saddened to see the cynical and unprofessional state to which Woodruff has declined. Woodruff, for his part, tries to cure David of his idealism and cause him to leave the newspaper business. David... Read all

Director
- William Witney
Writers
- Frederick Louis Fox
- John K. Butler
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.2/10

191

YOUR RATING

Director
- William Witney
Writers
- Frederick Louis Fox
- John K. Butler
Stars

6User reviews

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Featured review

6/10

Efficient Direction Keeps This One Moving

Ben Cooper's first assignment straight out of journalism school is to get an interview with a man who is immediately blown up in his car. His next scoop comes from veteran reporter Rod Cameron and it gets him fired and blacklisted around the city. The one exception is at a financial paper where they just print records. He's picking up the session's takings at night court, when a man is arraigned for blowing up the guy from his first story. He doesn't want a lawyer, and pleads guilty.... in Spanish. Cooper, who speaks Spanish, knows the interpreter lied.

It's one of those stories of reporters chasing down corruption and saving the city. It's been done many times, and this one, under the direction of William Witney is fast and efficiently directed, with the cynicism of the reporters ratcheted up into outright nastiness. With Julie Raymond Greenleaf, Stanley Blystone, and Joe Besser.