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  Review by Will Steele ★★★

  EXTRA EXTRA BOGART BREAKS BACK CARRYING ENTIRE NEWSPAPER MOVIE! 

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  Review by sakana1 ★★★ 4

  There is one wonderful scene early in Deadline – U.S.A., one in which the screen is filled with warmth and humanity, people showing real feelings to the people with whom they've spent an important part of their lives. That scene is a wake — a wake for the newspaper for which they all work, and which they all love, in spite of themselves. It sings with familiarity and affection (for men; for women; for the work they share), highlighted by a perfect turn from Jim Backus as the paper's seemingly superficial social center, Audrey Christie making a role overtly modeled on every fast-taking dame Glenda Farrell ever played (down to the accent and speech patterns) her own, and Paul Stewart…

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  Review by Lara Pop ★★★

  'That's the press, baby, that's the press. And there's nothing you can do about it.' That's Bogie delivering his last line in style and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

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  Review by Rich ★★★½

  7/10

  2019 with Bogart - #32

  Bogart as a journalist whose paper is being sold while he tries to expose a gangster.  That alone garners a few stars. Bogart is great in this role. The more I watch of his library the more I find the range he had. He can make almost any profession cool, and he certainly does here. I loved this character and think it would have made a great character for a bigger production. At 87 minutes it can’t really get a lot done and it shows, but it is still a very good film.

  Also, the final line of the film from Bogart is amazing. “That’s the press baby. The press! And there’s nothing you can do about it.”

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  Review by RetroHound ★★★½

  A love song to newspapers and a free press. In the commentary track, Eddie Muller eviscerates current journalism. There is a lot going on here, but the only reason for it is for opportunities for Bogart or others to give rousing speeches on the value of newspapers to democracy. To the point that "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is worked into the soundtrack a few times.

  Director Richard Brooks had been a newspaper reporter. Another thing Muller says is that, back then, people had done lots of other things before being in movies. Today they start at 12 with a goal of being in Hollywood and have no outside experience to bring. I'm thinking that occasionally you get a…

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  Review by ClinTarantino ★★★

  It might be well made and acted but I wouldn’t consider paper news stories like Deadline USA and wilders the front page as a story of my interest. 

  That’s probably the reason why I couldn’t like this as much as the other noirs and also the romance in here felt kind of annoying. 

  PS: Seeing Jimmy and Humphrey in one picture is out of the world.

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  Review by Jim Morrow ★★★★ 2

  My favorite newspaper movies are Sam Fuller's Park Row, Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole, and Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday and while not up to that level, Deadline U.S.A. is definitely a strong contender. Made in 1952, it's definitely a throwback to the newspaper as defender of the democratic ideal, with Bogart as an editor with ink in his veins and the public good in his heart. He's aided and abetted by an excellent supporting cast as he fights to keep his paper from being sold to a competitor who wants to shut it down, hustles after a final story about a corrupt businessman, and tries to save his marriage. He's actually already divorced from Kim Hunter, but is…

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  Review by trolleyfreak ★★★★ 2

  'A profession is a performance for public good. That's why newspaper work is a profession..' (Humphrey Bogart as Ed Hutcheson)

  Brief Synopsis: An intractable editor (Bogart) has the sniff of a scoop on the eve of the sale of his newspaper and enlists the help of the proprietor's widow (Ethel Barrymore) to prevent it from happening.

  Verdict: Former journalist Richard Brooks was the perfect choice do direct his own tough and cynical screenplay about 'the fourth estate' and he enlisted the help of his buddy Bogie (whom he'd worked alongside as a screenwriter on John Huston's Key Largo) to bring the story to the nation's movie theatres. Brooks later recalled that Bogie was difficult to work with on set and…

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  Review by Avirup ★★★½

  74/100
  

  I don't like him. I'll think of a reason later.

  Fast paced, enjoyable with really great dialogue. Newspaper pictures don't miss. Bogie saying "That's the press, baby. The press. And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing" is one of the greatest moments in all of cinema.

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  Review by Chris Quinn ★★★★½

  Humphrey Bogart saying “That’s the press, baby.” is one of my favorite moments in all of cinema. A great, great movie that's similar to The Post from last year but this has Bogart so.....this is better, although I love both. I'm kinda surprised this wasn't mentioned more when that came out because they are really similar, would make a good double bill. This started off kinda slow but once it gets rolling it's rolling, with a satisfying populist appeal about fighting for truth and justice in the face of evil.

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  Review by 🇵🇱 Steve G 🇵🇸 ★★★★

  The Third Summer of Scam

  There's not been a Richard Brooks film I've seen yet that I didn't really like.

  He was one of those directors I always gravitate towards. Perhaps unkindly could be described as a jack of all trades but he was an extremely strong director with a varied body of work who excelled whatever genre he turned his hand to.

  Deadline is notionally a crime drama, where newspaper editor Humphrey Bogart tries to run an exposé on a crime kingpin before his paper is folded by a new owner, but more a love letter to newspaper journalism and the chaos of a newsroom.

  There's plenty of that flying around Bogart, including the odd fist fight and Bogart…

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  Review by GaryRitz ★★★★★

  This 1952 film which was released just 5 years before Bogarts death wins on all levels. It triumphs as an historical film into how newspapers were published 50 years ago, down to the presses and the layouts and assignments. It also has a truly remarkable supporting cast, like Ethel Barrymore, Jim Backus and Ed Begley who were Hollywood backdrops in scores of movies.

  But the film is mostly Humphrey Bogart, possibly the greatest actor of all time. This is my 13th movie of his I have watched and it is I think one of his best performances. There's quite a bit of monologuing but the script is packed with punch and grit that is perfect for Bogies style.

  One of the more emotionally varied roles of Humphrey Bogart, Deadline - U.S.A. is a pure treat for fans of cinema and maybe 'BABY" one of the best!