| Break the News | |
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| Directed by | René Clair |
| Written by | Geoffrey Kerr René Clair |
| Based on | novel by Loïc Le Gouriadec |
| Produced by | René Clair |
| Starring | Jack Buchanan Maurice Chevalier June Knight |
| Cinematography | Philip Tannura |
| Edited by | Frederick Wilson |
| Music by | Cole Porter (songs & lyrics) Theo Mackeben (incidental music) Van Phillips (musical direction) |
Production companies | A Jack Buchanan Productions Picture Trio Productions |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (Uk) |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £163,448[1] |
Break the News is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Jack Buchanan, Maurice Chevalier and June Knight.[2] Two struggling performers decide to create a fake murder scandal in order to drum up publicity for their act. It was based on the novel Le mort en fuite by Loïc Le Gouriadec which had previously been made into a 1936 French film Death on the Run. Songs featured include It All Belongs to You (Cole Porter, sung by Chevalier) and We're Old Buddies (Van Phillips, Jack Buchanan, sung by Chevalier and Buchanan).[3]
- ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 474.
- ^ "Break the News (1938)". BFI. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Break The News". TVGuide.com.