Power of the Press (film)

Not to be confused with The Power of the Press.

Power of the Press
Directed by	Lew Landers
Screenplay by	Robert Hardy Andrews (as Robert D. Andrews)
Story by	Samuel Fuller (as Sam Fuller)
Produced by	Leon Barsha
Starring	Guy Kibbee Gloria Dickson Lee Tracy Otto Kruger Victor Jory
Cinematography	John Stumar
Edited by	Mel Thorsen
Music by	Paul Sawtell (uncredited)
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	January 28, 1943 (1943-01-28)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Power of the Press is a 1943 American crime film directed by Lew Landers and starring Guy Kibbee, Gloria Dickson, Lee Tracy, Otto Kruger and Victor Jory.^[1][2]

Plot

Ulysses Bradford (Guy Kibbee) is a small-town newspaper publisher who is called in to protect a big-city paper that has come under control of an isolationist, played by Otto Kruger. Tracy plays the managing editor, who has been going along with the regime but suffers a crisis of conscience when Kruger has the paper's publisher murdered and frames an ex-employee (an unbilled Larry Parks), making up and printing lurid details of the crime to boost circulation.

Cast

• Guy Kibbee as Ulysses Bradford
• Gloria Dickson as Edwina Stephens
• Lee Tracy as Griff Thompson
• Otto Kruger as Howard Raskin
• Victor Jory as Oscar Trent

References

1. Jonathan Lewis, "A Movie Review by Jonathan Lewis: POWER OF THE PRESS (1943)," MysteryFile.com, August 15, 2016.
2. "Film Review: Power of the Press, ObscureHollywood.net, retrieved August 4, 2019.

External links

• Power of the Press at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Power of the Press at IMDb