Front Page Story (1954)
1h 39min | Drama | 15 March 1954 (Sweden)
Grant, the determined editor of a London newspaper, has planned a vacation with his wife but stays behind at the last moment due to his hunch that a hot story is going to break. As predicted, Grant is inundated with front-page news -- everything from a loose-cannon atomic scientist to a tragic twist in a mercy killer's trial. But the biggest story of all is when an airplane crashes, and Grant believes it is the plane on which his wife was traveling.
Director: Gordon Parry
Writers: William Fairchild (adaptation), Robert Gaines (novel)
Stars: Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Allan, Eva Bartok
1h 39min | Drama | 15 March 1954 (Sweden)
Grant, the determined editor of a London newspaper, has planned a vacation with his wife but stays behind at the last moment due to his hunch that a hot story is going to break. As predicted, Grant is inundated with front-page news -- everything from a loose-cannon atomic scientist to a tragic twist in a mercy killer's trial. But the biggest story of all is when an airplane crashes, and Grant believes it is the plane on which his wife was traveling.
Director: Gordon Parry
Writers: William Fairchild (adaptation), Robert Gaines (novel)
Stars: Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Allan, Eva Bartok
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00:00All right, well, thanks for ringing. I'm coming along to the office.
00:03I'll see you tonight, maybe. Bye.
00:05Who was that?
00:07Joan Henderson.
00:09Oh.
00:11Well, it's quite usual, from the night start, to keep in touch.
00:15After ten years, you needn't point out the obvious.
00:18I only thought they might leave you alone when you're starting your holiday.
00:22We aren't going on holiday.
00:24They didn't know that.
00:26Oh, did they?
00:28Look, darling, I explained last night.
00:30Yes, I heard you.
00:32The thought case was blowing up, I think you said.
00:34It happens to be true.
00:36Last time, it was a silly scandal about to break.
00:38The time before that, it was actor shoots author or monkey dies in zoo.
00:41I know it all by heart.
00:43One of these days, if only John Graham keeps his word to his wife, that would be news.
00:47Look, please, I've got a day's work in front of me.
00:50What do you think I'm going to do?
00:52John, we can't leave it like this.
00:54We should have been well on our way by now.
00:56Instead, he's in conference, as he was yesterday and will be tomorrow and tomorrow.
01:00Oh, mother, I can't stand it anymore.
01:02I'm going anyway.
01:03You can't just rush off to Paris all on your own.
01:05Why not? It's done every day.
01:07Plenty of wives go off without their husbands.
01:09If John won't come with me, I shall go alone.
01:14I'm putting the flue now, Mrs. Grant.
01:16Hello, Susan. What is it?
01:18I'm sorry about this morning, darling.
01:20I wanted to talk to you, but you'd gone.
01:22That's all right, darling.
01:24What am I to do about the seats?
01:26Look, Susan, once and for all, I can't go.
01:30You mean you don't want to?
01:32It's not a question of wanting.
01:34I've work to do and it can't wait.
01:36But I can, is that it?
01:38Please, Susan, don't let's go over old ground.
01:41That's what you always say.
01:43John, I must see you.
01:45I've got to talk to you.
01:47I haven't the time.
01:49Please, darling, it's important.
01:51Can't it wait?
01:53Is it imperative that you fly?
01:55I could get you a seat on a late train.
01:57I'd prefer to go by air, if it's possible.
02:00It's very important.
02:02Your seats were snapped up, you know.
02:04However, if you'll excuse me, I'll see what I can do.
02:09Darling, it's not too late to change your plans.
02:12At least wait and see John this evening.
02:14It's no good, Mother. My mind's made up.
02:16I'm going and there's no turning back.
02:18I beg of you, think before you do something
02:20that you may regret for the rest of your life.
02:22I'm afraid it's hopeless, Mrs. Grant.
02:24Unless, of course, you care to go to the airport on chance.
02:26Some VIP may fail to turn up.
02:28You never know.
02:30I'll take a chance.