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Break the News (1938)

Break the News (1938)

Comedy Music
Release Date: 1938, January 2
Directors: René Clair
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Trio Productions, Jack Buchanan Productions
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jack Buchanan, June Knight, Marta Labarr, Gertrude Musgrove

Overview:

Two small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye--one of them will "disappear" in what looks like a murder, and the other will be convicted of the crime. Then the "dead man" will suddenly show up at his partner's murder trial. Unfortunately, things don't quite go as planned. For one thing, no one seems to much care that the "dead man" is missing, and for another thing he's mistaken for the leader of a Balkan revolutionary group and is kidnapped by the other side.