C&L's Saturday Night Chiller Theater: Deadline U.S.A. (1952)

Humphrey Bogart fights for the power of the printed word!
By driftglass — September 23, 2017

Organized crime. Political corruption. Rigged elections. And the great metropolitan newspaper that is the last line of defense against the bad guys is on the verge of collapse.

Yeah, they're pretty much screwed.

Except the crusading editor of the doomed paper is Humphrey Bogart.

Enjoy!

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