Girl in the News

Overview

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arise.

Directed by Carol Reed

Top cast

Margaret Lockwood

Anne Graham

Barry K. Barnes

Stephen Farringdon

Emlyn Williams

Tracy

Roger Livesey

Bill Maher

Basil Radford

Doctor Threadgrove

Margaretta Scott

Judith Bentley

Wyndham Goldie

Edward Bentley

Irene Handl

Gertrude Mary Blaker

Mervyn Johns

James Fetherwood

B

Betty Jardine

Elsie

Kathleen Harrison

Cook

Felix Aylmer

Prosecuting Counsel

Roland Culver

Police Inspector (Uncredited)

M

Mark Daly

Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

A

Arthur Denton

Ticket Collector (Uncredited)

Leo Genn

Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

Bryan Herbert

Witness (Uncredited)

Michael Hordern

Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)

R

Roddy Hughes

Doctor (Uncredited)

J

James Knight

Traffic Policeman (Uncredited)

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