What to expect
Lang links predatory crime to an institution that packages fear for circulation. Offices, headlines, television, and private ambition create a second hunt around the police investigation.
How to ease in
Separate the killer from the newspaper contest. The suspense becomes sharper when you track what each employee gains by keeping the case active and visible.
Heads-up
A media heir turns a serial-murder investigation into a competition among executives, reporters, and photographers seeking promotion.
The newsroom wants the killer caught, but it also wants the story to keep producing advantage. I watch information move through the building until ambition looks like another system of surveillance.
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The newsroom wants the killer caught, but it also wants the story to keep producing advantage. I watch information move through the building until ambition looks like another system of surveillance.
— Momo
Credits & versions
- Cast
- Dana Andrews · Rhonda Fleming · George Sanders
- Screenplay
- Casey Robinson
- Production
- Bert Friedlob · Bert Friedlob Productions, Inc.
- Cinematography
- Ernest Laszlo
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