About
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).
Theatrical
Dec 20, 1940
Cast
Full credits →L
Lloyd Nolan
Stuart Woodrow
F
Frank Albertson
Jeff Flavin
D
Doris Davenport
Barbara Shaw
R
Robert Armstrong
Vic Archer
C
Charles Halton
Neil Saunders
P
Paul Harvey
D. A. Hardin S. Kelly
H
Harry Tyler
Monroe
D
Dick Elliott
Foster
A
Archie Twitchell
Reporter
E
Eddie Fetherston
Toots - Reporter
E
Eddie Conrad
Enrico
F
Frank Puglia
Tomas Almedo
I
Inez Palange
Almedo's Landlady
C
Charles Stevens
Carlos Marquez
E
Eddy Chandler
Thug
E
Elliott Sullivan
Thug
V
Veda Ann Borg
Newspaper Receptionist
C
Carol Adams
Radio Station Mail Clerk
M
Milton Parsons
Eddie, tall morgue attendant
H
Harry C. Bradley
Justice of the Peace