| Bannerline | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Don Weis |
| Written by | Charles Schnee |
| Based on | the short storyA Rose Is Not a Rose bySamson Raphaelson |
| Produced by | Henry Berman |
| Starring | Keefe Brasselle Sally Forrest Lionel Barrymore |
| Cinematography | Harold Lipstein |
| Edited by | Fredrick Y. Smith |
| Music by | Rudolph G. Kopp |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $439,000[1] |
| Box office | $457,000[1] |
Bannerline is a 1951 Americandrama film directed byDon Weis.[2] The film starsKeefe Brasselle,[3]Sally Forrest andLionel Barrymore.[4]
Young Mike Perrivale (Keefe Brasselle) is an ambitious reporter for the CarraviaClarion, who resents being assigned to cover only social events and small stories. He takes the advice of his girlfriend, Richie Loomis (Sally Forrest), to interview Hugo Trimble (Lionel Barrymore), a beloved local history teacher and community gadfly. Trimble, in the hospital and fatally ill, regrets that he was unable to root out corruption in the city's government, which has been under the control of gangster Frankie Scarbine (J. Carrol Nash). To cheer up the dying man, Perrivale persuades his editor and publisher to publish a few copies of the paper with a false front page proclaiming that Scarbine has been indicted and the government leaders have resigned. Trimble is touched by the gesture but knows immediately that the page is a fake.
Soon after at a bar, Perrivale encounters Josh (Lewis Stone), a former reporter and alcoholic who now runs theClarion presses. Several drinks in, the two decide to print the complete run of the next day's edition using the fake front page. Scarbine is enraged, even though he has some admiration for Perrivale's nerve, and eventually demands that Perrivale be fired. Perrivale considers how he might be able to influence a "runaway grand jury" to investigate the city's corruption. After Mike is beaten by one of the Scarbine's men, Josh and the publisher take their knowledge to the grand jury. Recovering from his injuries in the hospital, Mike learns that Scarbine's gang has left town and the mayor and city council have resigned. Finally getting a promotion, Mike and Richie are able to marry.
According to MGM records the movie earned $350,000 in the US and Canada and $107,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $203,000.[1]
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