Big News

1929· 75 min★ 5.4· Comedy, Crime, Mystery

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.

Cast: Robert Armstrong, Carole Lombard, Louis Payne, Wade Boteler

Director: Gregory La Cava