What if the story that destroys your life was written by the one who swore to love you?
Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.
Acting
Bancroft's volcanic editor—bully, then broken.
Direction
Cromwell crams a lifetime into 77 ruthless minutes.
Writing
Pre-Code dialogue that actually stings.
Director
John Cromwell
George Bancroft
Mark Flint
Kay Francis
Edith Flint
Clive Brook
Noel Adams
Regis Toomey
Regan
Lucien Littlefield
Charles McCloskey
Gilbert Emery
Franklin
Harry Beresford
Egbert Bertram Arnold
Mary Foy
Mrs. Wilson
Jackie Searl
Little Wilson Boy
Fred Kelsey
Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
Irving Bacon
Reporter Kent (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
Barrett, Convict Reporter
Lynton Brent
Reporter
Davison Clark
Reporter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Samuel Fuller newspaper experience; he later called this 'the movie that stole my life.'
Pre-Code Hollywood could still punish sinners—Flint doesn't walk into sunset, he walks into traffic.
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