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Plot

In this sad drama, a boozy reporter must cope with a series of personal disasters begin with the death of his wife in a car crash. Next he loses his job. Finally he learns that his son must have a $5,000 eye operation in Switzerland. In desperation he decides to ask his old boss for his job back. Upon arriving to his office, he finds the man dead. He is then offered money by the killer, a diamond smuggler to take the murder rap. What else can the desperate man do? Later he confesses all to Scotland Yard. Unfortunately, they do not believe him. The smuggler hears of the attempt, and thinking the police believe the reporter, attempts to prevent the boy's plane from taking off. The late editor's niece gets involved and makes sure the plane does take off. She then captures the smuggler and his gang.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
80min.
Director(s):
Terence Fisher , Francis Searle
Keywords:
Scotland-Yard,accident,alcoholism,anchorperson,arrest,confession [criminal],corpse,criminal,death,editor,employment,gangster,investigation,journalism,killing,loot,newspaper,niece,offer,office,opal,operation,reporter,smuggling,son,syndicate,unemployment,widow/widower,wife