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Power of the Press
“He feels the power of a woman! They feel the power of a fist!”
6.5 / 10• 1943• 1h 4m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about to change the paper's policy and support the US war effort. His friend, a small town patriotic editor, is brought in to find the culprits.
Cast & Crew
Guy Kibbee
Ulysses Bradford
Lead
Lee Tracy
Griff Thompson
Gloria Dickson
Edwina Stephens
Otto Kruger
Howard Raskin
Victor Jory
Oscar Trent
Don Beddoe
Pringle (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
Process Server (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton
Reporter (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lew Landers's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Power of the Press is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
