Girl in the News
1940 · 78 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 373 VOTES · DIR. Carol Reed
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.
00:04:25 I'm going to have a lemon.
00:08:41 - I am sorry, sir - Alright, goodbye
00:11:51 Overfilled the bath again this morning. More trouble.
00:14:58 - You're not certain, either, are you? - But Miss Graham...
00:19:28 But you needn't worry my dear, it's not going to happen to me.
00:21:54 Those two seem to hit it off alright, don't they? Quite remarkable!
00:26:01 - Shall we see each other again? - I don't know!
00:28:15 I'd like to go up to London
00:31:45 - No, no, don't bother I can find my own way down, thank you! - Sure?
00:36:14 Now then, suppose we reconstruct.
00:39:34 - Oh, there you are, Mather. Ready? - Yes, sir.
00:43:35 - If he told you, then you knew in the theatre when you came back! - Yes
00:46:38 Well don't switch the light on because I haven't blacked out the window!
00:49:29 I'm going back. I've got to face them!
00:52:46 That's why I thought you might be from the papers. I gave a lovely interview
00:55:17 - And you didn't recognise him? - Hmm? No.
00:58:24 I know, but you can't prove it. And to be honest Farringdon, we've no defence.
01:02:09 Yes, we shall have that from the analyst
01:05:15 I submit that her case is already prejudiced!
01:07:19 And the prisoner answered it?
01:10:23 - What do you say, Don June? - No thanks.
01:13:18 No, I've never felt the need of one.
01:16:45 No, I could never have put him in the witness box. Coming?
Cast & Characters
Margaret Lockwood
Anne Graham a.k.a. Anne Lovell
Barry K. Barnes
Stephen Farringdon
Emlyn Williams
Tracy
Roger Livesey
Bill Mather
Margaretta Scott
Judith Bentley
Wyndham Goldie
Edward Bentley
Basil Radford
Dr. Tredgrove
Irene Handl
Gertrude Mary Blaker
Mervyn Johns
James Fetherwood
Betty Jardine
Elsie
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,068
Dialogue density13.7 lines / min
First line00:01:06
Final line01:16:45
Production Record
DirectorCarol Reed
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes373