- BFI identifier24604
- Date1938 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisConvinced that they are not famous enough, a variety double act decide to stage a pretend murder in a desperate bid for publicity. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Rene Clair
A Jack Buchanan Productions Picture: Jack Buchanan Productions
Produced by: Rene Clair
view all - CastJack Buchanan (Edward 'Teddy' Enton)
Maurice Chevalier (François Verrier)
June Knight (Grace Gatwick)
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Title
Break the News (Original)
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- Digital documentsBFI Southbank programme notes January 2014
available to view in BFI Reuben Library - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Le Gouriadec, Loic - SCR-1106
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-24604
Script - Script titled "Production No.1", no date. - S1445
Medium pressbook held. See FILM PROGRAMMES List.
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1364829
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1364830
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1364831
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-1364832
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00o-a3x
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Work - 24604 - 1938 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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