Deadline U.S.A. 1952. USA. Written and directed by Richard Brooks. With Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Ed Begley. 85 min.
Ed Hutcheson has spent enough time around the newsroom to know when something big is about to happen. The heirs of the New York Day intend to sell the paper to a rival who will turn the crusading paper into another commercial tabloid. At first, Hutcheson thinks the time off will engender sympathy with his ex-wife, but when an investigative reporter is badly beaten while pursuing a big-time gangster, Hutcheson goes into full crusader mode to bring down the racketeer.