L'inexorable enquête

Original title: Scandal Sheet

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The editor of an exploitation newspaper commits a murder and assigns his protégé to investigate hoping to divert attention away from himself.The editor of an exploitation newspaper commits a murder and assigns his protégé to investigate hoping to divert attention away from himself.The editor of an exploitation newspaper commits a murder and assigns his protégé to investigate hoping to divert attention away from himself.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

3.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Biddle
(as Henry Morgan)

James Millican

Police Lt. Davis

Griff Barnett

Judge Elroy Hacker

Jonathan Hale

Frank Madison

Jay Adler

Bailey
(uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Neighbor
(uncredited)

Shirley Ballard

Telephone Operator
(uncredited)

Eugene Baxter

Edwards
(uncredited)

Don Beddoe

Pete
(uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

Barfly
(uncredited)

Oscar Blank

Barfly
(uncredited)

Phil Bloom

Barfly
(uncredited)

Helen Brown

Terrified Woman at Murder Scene
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Samuel Fuller was in litigation against Famous Artists Corp. According to the news item, Fuller sold his novel, The Dark Page, to H-F Productions for $15,000, and director Howard Hawks spent $25,000 on pre-production for producer Jules Furthman. Monterey Productions later purchased the novel, then sold it to Motion Pictures Investors, Inc., which then sold it to Columbia for $10,000. In his suit, Fuller claimed the novel's worth was $100,000. A 1951 Hollywood Reporter item indicates that Fuller's successful production of J'ai vécu l'enfer de Corée (1951) revived interest in producing The Dark Page.

Goofs
At the very beginning of the shot where Grant bends over to retrieve the 'Lonely Hearts Club' badge from his dead wife, the untouched corpse's head moves slightly.

Quotes
Julie Allison: [with tongue in cheek, referring to her and fellow reporter, Steve, going out of town together for several days to investigate a story] Mom, you think it's safe for me to travel out of state at night with this young man?
Mrs. Allison: Just so he doesn't misconstrue the meaning of "freedom of the press."

Crazy credits
Opening credits are shown on the page of a newspaper. Although the credits change, the surrounding text remains the same, from start to finish.

Connections
Featured in The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996)

Soundtracks
I'll Take Romance
(1937)
Music by Ben Oakland
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Played by orchestra at Lonely Hearts dance.

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Featured review

8/10

Strange & Mysterious Film

Enjoy the great acting of Broderick Crawford, (Mark Chapman) who is the editor of a popular newspaper and his star reporter is John Derek, (Steve McCleary) and a very attractive Julie Allison, (Donna Reed) who gives a great supporting role. Mark Chapman is a go getter for this popular newspaper and always manages to capture crimes of murder with the great assistance of Steve McCleary. However, Steve McCleary investigates a recent murder of a woman who has died rather mysteriously and delves deeply into its background and is able to determine the killer and the complete reason for the murdering of this woman. There are many twists and turns in this film and Broderick Crawford and Donna Reed give outstanding performances which make this a very interesting and enjoyable film to view from 1952.