Power of the Press
“He feels the power of a woman! They feel the power of a fist!”
1943•NR•1h 4m•6.5•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Lew Landers
Writer
Robert Hardy Andrews
Languages
English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Guy Kibbee
Ulysses Bradford
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)
Douglas Leavitt
Whiffle (uncredited)
Ivan Miller
Man on Dais (uncredited)
Larry Parks
Jerry Purvis (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Policeman (uncredited)
Frank Sully
Mack Gibbons (uncredited)
Minor Watson
John Cleveland Carter (uncredited)
Rex Williams
Chris Barker (uncredited)
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Leon Barsha
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