Break the News (film)
Break the News is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Jack Buchanan, Maurice Chevalier and June Knight.[1] Two struggling performers decide to create a fake murder scandal in order to drum up publicity for their act. It was based on the novel Le mort en fuite by Loïc Le Gouriadec.
Cast
- Jack Buchanan - Teddy Enton
- Maurice Chevalier - François Verrier
- June Knight - Grace Gatwick
- Marta Labarr - Sonia
- Gertrude Musgrove - Helena
- Garry Marsh - Producer
- Wallace Douglas - Stage manager
- Joss Ambler - Press agent
- Mark Daly - Property man
- Gibb McLaughlin - Superintendent
- Robb Wilton - cab driver
- Felix Aylmer - Sir George Bickory
- C. Denier Warren - Sir Edward Phring
- George Hayes - Tribunal President
- Guy Middleton - Englishman
- Athole Stewart - Governor
- Charles Lefeaux - Interpreter
- D.J. Williams - Judge
- Elliott Mason - Dresser
- J. Abercomie - Neighbor
- William Fazan - Passport Official
- H.R. Hignett - Prison Guard
- Wally Patch - Prison Guard
- Hal Gordon - Prison Guard
- George Benson - Firing Squad Officer
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