This Man Is News 1938 Written by Basil Dearden, Roger MacDougall and Allan MacKinnon, directed by David MacDonald.
Alastair Sim is Lochlan Macgregor, the editor of a newspaper, Barry K Barnes plays reporter Simon Drake, Valerie Hobson is Drake's wife Pat. Drake pranks his editor with a fake murder only to have his joke turn him into the main suspect when the victim turns up dead for real. The police really bear down on Drake after the dead man's son turns up deceased in Drake's apartment. The editor fires and rehires Drake through the movie.
A bit of a screwball comedy, there's plenty of activity and some jokes. Sadly there's not much by way of posters or lobby cards. I liked the film and I am looking for the 1939 sequel This Man In Paris. I'd certainly watch it again despite the poor quality of the copy I saw.
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