The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
In 1880s New York City newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It is an immediate success but attracts increasing opposition from one of the bigger newspapers and it's heiress owner.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
37 audience votes
Key crew
- Samuel FullerWriter
- Samuel FullerDirector
Cast
- Gene EvansPhineas Mitchell
- Mary WelchCharity Hackett
- Bela KovacsOttmar Mergenthaler
- Herbert HeyesJosiah Davenport
- Tina PineJenny O'Rourke
- George O'HanlonSteve Brodie
- J.M. KerriganDan O'Rourke
- Forrest TaylorCharles A. Leach
- Don OrlandoMr. Angelo
- Neyle MorrowThomas Guest
- Dick ElliottJeff Hudson
- Stuart RandallMr. Spiro
Stills
Themes
new york citynewspaperheiressnewspaper editorstatue of liberty19th century