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Big News

1929NR1h 15m5.4

A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.

Steve Banks is a hard-drinking newspaper reporter. His wife Margaret, a reporter for a rival paper, threatens to divorce him if he doesn't quit the drinking that is compromising his career. Steve pursues a story about drug dealers even when his editor fires him. When the editor is murdered, Steve is accused of the killing. But Steve has an ace up his sleeve that may save him from the electric chair.

Info about Big News

Studio(s): Pathé Exchange

Originally Released: Sep 06, 1929

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Crime, Mystery