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Big News

192975 minUnited States
ComedyCrimeMystery
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Original language
English
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66:08
Subtitles
English

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Synopsis

A reporter's drinking threatens both his job and his marriage to a journalist at a rival paper. Fired while investigating drug dealers, he continues pursuing the story. His editor's murder changes the assignment into a fight against an accusation directed at himself.

Cast

DirectorsGregory La Cava

Inspirations

George S. Brooks's For Two Cents supplied the material. Carole Lombard appears under the early credit Carol Lombard, a small record of her developing screen identity in the transition to sound.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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