A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.
Acting
Alastair Sim steals every scene as the perpetually exasperated MacGregor.
Writing
Snappy British banter that treats murder like a minor inconvenience.
Director
David MacDonald
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director David MacDonald would later helm the infamous 1959 'The Devil's Disciple' with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas.
This captures the brief British vogue for American-style hardboiled mysteries before the war shifted national tastes toward grittier realism.
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