Girl in the News (1940): Cast

An elderly woman slips a handful of pills away from her caregiver and succumbs to an overdose. The caregiver is prosecuted for murder but is acquitted. Years later, now living under an assumed name, she tends another patient who likewise dies from an overdose. When her true identity is revealed, the repeated deaths spark suspicion and scrutiny.

• Director Carol Reed

• Michael Hordern as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)
• Felix Aylmer as Prosecuting Counsel
• Kathleen Harrison as Cook
• Roger Livesey as Bill Maher

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