''Headline'' is a 1944 British
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...
directed by
John Harlow and starring
David Farrar,
Anne Crawford
Imelda Anne Crawford (22 November 1920 – 17 October 1956) was a British film actress.
Biography
Crawford was born in Palestine to a Scottish father and an English mother, and brought up in Edinburgh. On the advice of Alastair Sim, she atten ...
,
William Hartnell
William Henry Hartnell (; 8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975) was an English actor, who is best known for portraying the first incarnation of the Doctor, in the long-running British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' from 1963 t ...
and
John Stuart. It was based on the 1933 novel ''Reporter!'' by
Ken Attiwill.
[Goble p.18] Its plot involves a crime reporter who searches for a mystery woman who has witnessed a murder. It was shot at the
Riverside Studios
Riverside Studios is an arts centre on the north bank of the River Thames in Hammersmith, London, England. The venue plays host to contemporary performance, film, visual art exhibitions and television production.
Having opened in May 1976, th ...
in
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
It ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
James Carter.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1944 films
British thriller films
1940s thriller films
Films directed by John Harlow
British black-and-white films
Films about journalists
Films shot at Riverside Studios
Films based on Australian novels
Films scored by Percival Mackey
1940s English-language films
1940s British films
English-language thriller films
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