Scandal Sheet

"The man from "The Mob" is making another killing!"

Jan 16 1952 Approved 1h 22m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.

Plot

The editor of a New York exploitation newspaper meets the wife he had abandoned years ago, while using another name, at a Lonely Hearts ball sponsored by his newspaper. She threatens to expose him as a wife-deserter, wife-beater and an impostor, and, in anger, he pushes her and accidentally kills her. Later, when her body is found, he assigns his protégé reporter to the story, as a good, exploitable follow-up story to the ball. And, then, he is forced to sit back and watch while the reporter slowly tracks down the killer.

Written by

Ted Sherdeman, Eugene Ling, James Poe

Directed by

Phil Karlson

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Motion Picture Investors, Columbia Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
3,805
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA