This Man is News (1938) DVD-R

Starring Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson, Alastair Sim, John Warwick,
Philip Leaver, Patricia Medina
Directed by David McDonald

Print: black/white
Runtime: 63 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

David Kier, one of the thieves in a sensational jewel robbery and
subsequent trial, is set free when the turns King's Evidence on the other
members. Kier refuses to give reporter Simon Drake an interview, as
Simon thinks he will probably be killed by other gang members, but Simon
makes note of his address. Simon is fired by his city editor, MacGregor,
for failing to cover another assignment and the editor says he would not
believe Kier's murder if reported by Simon even if it happened. Simon
returns home and is persuaded by his wife Pat to have a drink or two. The
tipsy Simon, as a joke, telephones Sim and tells him that Kier has just
been murdered, and the excited Sim hangs up before Simon can explain
it is just a joke. But Kier has really been murdered and Inspector Holly
learns from Sim that Simon had telephoned him with the news at 3:10
A.M., but knows that Kier was not murdered until 4:35 A.M. The Inspector
also finds a recently-fired revolver in Simon's flat, and arrests him. Pat
and a garage mechanic manage to provide an alibi for Simon at the time
of the murder and he is released. But the next morning, Kier's son is also
found murdered in Simon's flat. Then Sim is shot, non-fatally, while in
Simon's presence. Simon is not only reporting news, he appears to the
police to be the one also making it.