The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael CurtizDirector
- Laird DoyleScreenplay
- Lillie HaywardScreenplay
- Roy ChanslorScreenplay
- Heinz RoemheldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bette DavisEllen Garfield
- George BrentCurt Devlin
- Roscoe KarnsToots O'Grady
- Wini ShawInez Cardoza
- Walter WalkerJudge Hugo Rickard
- J. Carrol NaishRobert Cardoza
- Gordon WestcottMaitland Coulter
- Dorothy DareMae LaRue
- June MartelOlive Wilson
- Joseph CrehanSpike Kiley
- J. Farrell MacDonaldHallohan
- Addison RichardsDistrict Attorney
Stills
Themes
jurywoman reporterreportermurder investigationnewspaper reportermystery womancompetitiveness