Girl in the News

1940 · 78 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 373 VOTES · DIR. Carol Reed

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Overview

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arouses.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,068 lines

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00:01:06 - Be this all, Miss Blaker? - I suppose so.
00:04:23 - No, thank you. - Well, I'm going to.
00:08:35 It's these glasses sir, I think I need a new pair.
00:11:37 - Pretty girl, Nurse Graham. - Yeah.
00:14:42 I mean there's no hurry, is there, from the financial angle?
00:19:16 - Are they satisfactory? - Yes, very.
00:21:11 Come in!
00:25:39 No, not really.
00:27:35 - She's got a boyfriend. - I wonder who it is?
00:31:06 You can look at the hole, look at the ball, look at the hole..
00:35:19 - Oh, what do you keep in there? - Oh, oddments and writing things
00:38:37 Don't you know I'm a policeman, a public scavenger, old man?
00:42:28 Have you ever thought of that?
00:45:44 Hello, Bill!
00:48:00 - Good night! - Good night.
00:50:58 It was sharp right,somewhere about here.
00:54:06 Who's that? One of the family?
00:56:37 - It's no use deceiving ourselves. So what we will... - Steven!
01:00:08 Call Mr Mather!
01:03:47 And then, Mrs Bentley?
01:06:06 that the prisoner had figured in a murder trial before?
01:08:03 I...
01:11:20 - with your husband? - Why?
01:14:13 Look at him, Tracy! Look at him carefully!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,068
Dialogue density13.7 lines / min
First line00:01:06
Final line01:14:13

Production Record

DirectorCarol Reed
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes373