As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).
Acting
Nolan's cynical swagger anchors every scene he's in.
Writing
Snappy newsroom banter that predates His Girl Friday.
Director
Joseph Santley
Lloyd Nolan
Stuart Woodrow
Frank Albertson
Jeff Flavin
Doris Davenport
Barbara Shaw
Robert Armstrong
Vic Archer
Charles Halton
Neil Saunders
Paul Harvey
D. A. Hardin S. Kelly
Harry Tyler
Monroe
Dick Elliott
Foster
Archie Twitchell
Reporter
Eddie Fetherston
Toots - Reporter
Eddie Conrad
Enrico
Frank Puglia
Tomas Almedo
Inez Palange
Almedo's Landlady
Charles Stevens
Carlos Marquez
Eddy Chandler
Thug
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lloyd Nolan played this same fast-talking reporter type so often he became synonymous with 1940s newsroom cinema.
This dropped right as WWII was escalating—audiences craved stories of ordinary Americans taking down corruption at home.
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