Man From Headquarters
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63% Critic Match

Man From Headquarters

"THEY DON'T DARE KILL A REPORTER!" It's easy for an editor to say that, but he knows if he puts the finger on an underworld czar, he is a dead man!

6.3 / 10 1942 1h 4mNR English
ComedyCrime

Storyline

A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.

Cast & Crew

Frank Albertson

Frank Albertson

Larry Doyle

Lead
Joan Woodbury

Joan Woodbury

Ann Weston

Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott

Editor Elwin A. Jonas

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Hotel Manager Clark

John Maxwell

John Maxwell

Managing Editor Marvin

Robert Kellard

Robert Kellard

Hotel Clerk

Gwen Kenyon

Gwen Kenyon

Hat Check Girl

Jack Mulhall

Jack Mulhall

Whalen, Reporter

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jean Yarbrough's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Man From Headquarters is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker