Girl in the News

Year: 1940

Runtime: 78 mins

Language: English

Director: Carol Reed

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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.

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