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Break the News

1938 1 hour 12 minutes
62/100

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Two small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye--one of them will "disappear" in what looks like a murder, and the other will be convicted of the crime. Then the "dead man" will suddenly show up at his partner's murder trial. Unfortunately, things don't quite go as planned. For one thing, no one seems to much care that the "dead man" is missing, and for another thing he's mistaken for the leader of a Balkan revolutionary group and is kidnapped by the other side.

Released

2nd January 1938

88 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 12 minutes

Finishes at 2:48pm

Ratings and awards

1 win & 1 nomination

  • IMDB Logo

    6.3/10

  • TMDb Logo

    60%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    62%

Directed by

René Clair

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Written by

René Clair, Geoffrey Kerr

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