This Man Is News

Director: David MacDonald David MacDonald

Overview

This Man is News is a British imitation of Hollywood's Thin Man pictures. The "Nick and Nora" herein are Barry K. Barnes as an investigative reporter and Valerie Hobson as his helpful wife (?) After writing a series of articles about an elusive gang of jewel thieves, Barnes is framed for robbery. He goes after the crooks himself, despite the "cease and desist" warnings of Scotland Yard and his own editor. This Man is News did well enough to warrant a sequel, but This Man in Paris did poorly enough to bring this would-be series to an abrupt end.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/09/2015
UPC:	0644827948727
Original Release:	1939
Source:	Reel Vault
Language:	English
Sales rank:	48,139

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Barry K. Barnes	Simon Drake,Simon Drake
Valerie Hobson	Pat Drake
Alastair Sim	Macgregor
John Warwick	Johnnie Clayton
Garry Marsh	Sgt. Bright
Edward Lexy	Inspector Hollis
Kenneth Buckley	Ken Marquis
Philip Leaver	'Harelip' Murphy
James Birrie	Doyle
David Keir	Brown
Tom Gill	Brown
Jack Vyvyan	Fireman
Billy Watts	Actor
John Abbott	Hood with Foreign Accent

Technical Credits

Basil Dearden

Roger MacDougall

Allan MacKinnon

Anthony Havelock-Allan	Producer
David MacDonald	Director
Basil Dearden	Screenwriter
Roger MacDougall	Screenwriter
Allan MacKinnon	Screenwriter